Shakespeare’s guide to living
A Freudian reading of the comedies and tragedies reveals how we can embrace life’s failures and reversals.
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Alice Munro and the shame of silence
Two months after her death, the writer’s legacy has been thrown into disarray, her unforgivable acts laid out in public…
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Pop’s gay revolution
How stars from Little Richard to David Bowie used their sexuality to set popular culture free.
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Taiwan at the edge of chaos
The island is a playground for the imperial ambitions of China and the US – and its future is far…
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The curse of influencer publishing
Why a new Ebury imprint by the social media entrepreneur Steven Bartlett is bad news for books.
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Mark Haddon: why I turned down an OBE
The author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time on why he could not in good conscience…
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The end of accountability
In politics and business, faceless systems have taken over decision-making and infantilised socity.
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From Neil Jordan to Lara Maiklem: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Singularity by Dino Buzzati and The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma.
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