How Kathleen Hanna brought women to the forefront of punk
The Bikini Kill singer was raised by a dangerous father, developed a finely tuned radar for sexual threat, and turned…
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Jess Phillips wants to cut the crap
The Labour MP’s third book, Let’s Be Honest, is a powerful, blunt and cathartic takedown of everything wrong with our…
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What the Tories did to us
The essay collection The Conservative Effect explores how theatrical short-termism and specious rhetoric defined 14 years of mis-rule.
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Generation Not Yet
A quietly incendiary new book reveals why millennials, paralysed by doubt, are struggling to make the leap into parenthood.
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Romance on the run in the Old West
Kevin Barry’s new novel The Heart in Winter sets passion against violence on the brutal American frontier.
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Britain’s justice system is still failing women
A former judge reveals how the law is loaded against victims of rape and domestic violence.
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Cricket in an age of heroes
Bill Edrich was only a competent batsman but his manly exploits embodied the postwar spirit.
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The men who made Labour
A remarkable new novel tells the story of Victor Grayson, the rock star of Victorian socialism.
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