From Lyndsey Stonebridge to Sophie Elmhirst: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Spent Light by Lara Pawson and Moral AI And How We Get There.
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The making of an American conservative
Rob Henderson’s memoir Troubled paints a bleak picture of poverty in the US. Are liberal “luxury beliefs” to blame?
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Byron’s war on tranquillity
A new biography reveals how the poet’s life of extremes was echoed by the hyperactive irony of his work.
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Sex in the age of digital desire
The proliferation of online pornography has degraded the way we view our bodies and relationships.
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Edwardians like us
In Little Englanders, Alwyn Turner reveals striking parallels between Britain in decline at the start of the 20th century and…
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From Paul Strathern to Kerry Hudson: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi and James and John by Chris Bryant.
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In praise of sluggish politics
Deliberation and reversals are democracy’s great virtues, writes Jonathan White. But can it keep pace with a world in crisis?
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The invention of the Teddy boy
How the subculture emerged from postwar London’s tribal landscape of fashion, class and violence.
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