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How to get kicked out of the band

An entertaining study of sacked musicians reveals the tensions that give pop its power.

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Tanja Maljartschuk’s novel Forgottenness confronts Ukraine's long struggle for nationhood in the face of Russia’s “imperial oblivion”.

By Linda Kinstler

Eric Klinenberg’s study of New York’s struggle with Covid in 2020 reveals a society riven by racism and discontent.

By Laura Spinney

Her Belfast-set novel upended my understanding of the Catholic Church and its history of prejudice.

By Mary McAleese

Also featuring Unearthing by Kyo Maclear and Six Stories by Stefan Zweig.

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Alona Ferber

Steve Coll’s account of America’s relationship with Saddam Hussein reveals a series of devastating blunders.

By Robert D Kaplan

A landmark new biography portrays the Labour leader as a man with an entirely abnormal drive and a narrow-eyed focus…

By Andrew Marr

How the bluestockings used wit and learning to subvert a deeply misogynist culture.

By Hannah Rose Woods