Carol Gilligan: why I changed my mind on the gender binary
The psychologist was a feminist icon for her work on how gender shapes our morality. But now, in her eighties,…
By Ellen Peirson-Hagger
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From Clinton Heylin to AK Blakemore: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Right to Rule by Ben Riley-Smith and One Fine Day by Matthew Parker.
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How Michael Lewis fell for Sam Bankman-Fried
In Going Infinite, the author fails to see the limits of his subject’s intelligence.
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The battle for China’s history
Xi Jinping controls the story of his country’s past to crush dissent. But historians are fighting to keep the truth…
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The bones that built Britain
Winchester Cathedral’s mysterious “bone chests” tell a story of how warring kings and queens forged a new nation.
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The 10 best modern poems
Poets including Michael Rosen, Kathleen Jamie, Andrew Motion and Raymond Antrobus select their favourite poems of the 21st century.
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Jon Fosse and the art of tedium
The Norwegian author’s masterwork Septology finds a mysterious beauty in repetition.
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The 2023 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist celebrates northern fiction
The award for “fiction at its most novel” is dominated this year by authors from and writing about the north…
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