Sport and the English identity
From fox hunters to football hooligans, sport is England’s way of showing what it thinks it is.
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NS Recommends: new books from Matthew Sperling, Arundhati Roy, Vigdis Hjorth and Gordon Bathgate
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An A-Z of the night sky
Matt Gaw's Under the Stars is part diary, part self-exploration, and part clarion call for change.
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The history of book burning
A new study of the destruction of knowledge explores how societies depend on fragile archives.
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Kunzru’s Red Pill, Owens’ Spirit of Place, Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd), and Roberts’ The…
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Once upon a time, I could have lived like a king reviewing one book a week
Misery is learning that, in 1930, I could have earned the equivalent of $2,130 for one lousy review.
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The 2020 Booker Prize shortlist is the most diverse and international ever
In a year of reckoning with racial injustice, the shortlist demonstrates the publishing industry’s commitment to do better.
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With her new novel, Ottessa Moshfegh asks: what good are likeable characters anyway?
Death in Her Hands presents yet another abhorrent character – written with wit and intrigue, and sometimes a little too much knowingness.
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