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Reviewed in Short: New titles from Kris Manjapra, Karolina Ramqvist and Emilie Pine

Black Ghost of Empire by Manjapra, Bear Woman by Ramqvist, Deep Deception by Alison, Belinda, Helen Steel, Lisa and Naomi,…

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Darwin and Newton acknowledged their debt to other cultures. Why don’t we?

By Will Dunn

Two new books trace the history of global inaction over the climate emergency, and seek to identify the culprits.

By Lola Seaton

Amy Odell’s new account of the iron-fisted Vogue editor’s ascent struggles to find the human being behind the shades.

By Johanna Thomas-Corr

Moralising hasn’t disappeared from children’s literature, but the content of the message has subtly changed.

By Louise Perry

On Agoraphobia by Caveney, España: A Brief History of Spain by Tremlett, Bold Ventures by Van den Broeck and Homelands:…

By Sophie McBain, Jeremy Cliffe, Michael Prodger and Gavin Jacobson

In continuing to ransack Roberto Bolaño’s sketchy drafts, his estate has reached a new, degrading low.

By Chris Power

The online world is run by tech companies that we depend on but deeply distrust. New books by Justin EH…

By William Davies