Why poetry matters
The story of 20th-century poetry teaches us that language is not a luxury: we need the right words in order…
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NS recommends: new books from Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde, Ruth Kinna and Fatima Bhutto
Wigmore and Wilde’s Cricket 2.0, Kinna’s The Government of No One, and Bhutto’s New Kings of the World.
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How Doris Lessing’s politics began in the veld
Looking back on Lessing now, exactly a hundred years after her birth, it’s the freedom with which she thought and acted for…
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Tricky’s memoir Hell is Round the Corner is a sterling lesson in stoicism
Despite the suicides of his mother and eldest daughter, Tricky’s prose is never self-pitying.
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Amy Arnold’s Slip of a Fish: an admirable, determined novel
This Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel commits itself absolutely to portraying the troubled state of mind of its protagonist.
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Erdogan Rising: the making of an autocrat
A new book explores the complex background to Erdogan’s tightening grip on power.
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The Outlaw Ocean: a cinematic voyage following criminals at sea
There is no lack of danger in Ian Urbina’s high sea travels; impressively, he never shies away from it.
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Another brick in the Wall
The division of Berlin created a cage designed to stop a population fleeing. It was a triumph of East German…
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