The future of lockdown
From the Black Death to space travel, how quarantine pitches individual freedom against collective safety.
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Are we living in the age of unpeace?
A new book by Mark Leonard argues that globalisation and connectivity is causing conflict rather than preventing it.
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Reviewed in short: New books by Mary Hollingsworth, Jessica Nordell, Michaela Coel and Michael Bracewell
Conclave 1559 by Mary Hollingsworth, The End of Bias by Jessica Nordell, Misfits by Michaela Coel and Souvenir by Michael…
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Paula Hawkins’s very British murders
The author of The Girl on The Train writes voyeuristic thrillers that situate crime among the comforts of English middle-class…
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Labour after the flood
Three new books assess a party still reeling from the collapse of the Red Wall in 2019.
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How to win the virtue game
The morality contests of the online world and our relentless pursuit of status.
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Reviewed in short: New books by Ben Mezrich, Eve Livingston, Billie Jean King and Maggie Nelson
The Antisocial Network by Mezrich, Make Bosses Pay by Livingston, All In by Jean King and On Freedom by Nelson.
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Inside the rise of influencer publishing
Many bestsellers of the last few years originated outside “traditional” publishing houses. But are influencers good for books?
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