Decoding Adam Smith
A new history of The Wealth of Nations shows how the Scottish thinker’s legacy became an economic battleground.
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Maddie Mortimer: “My book is just furious it’s not a ballet”
The author of the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies on typesetting, A Clockwork Orange, and why the…
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From Malorie Blackman to Barbara Kingsolver: recent titles reviewed in short
Also featuring Julia Voss’s biography of Hilma af Klint and Living Together by Mim Skinner.
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Surrender: praying in the church of Bono
In his account of being “saved” by love and religion, the U2 frontman’s sincerity overpowers the scorn of his critics.
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Bob Dylan’s problem with women
In The Philosophy of Modern Song, 62 of the 66 featured songs are performed by men. Is the 81-year-old songwriter…
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A new age of climate migration
In Nomad Century, Gaia Vince argues we must prepare now for environmental migration on an unprecedented scale.
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Yara Rodrigues Fowler: “I wanted to disorient the Anglophone reader”
The author of the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted novel “there are more things” on revolutionary politics, Margery Kempe and cannibalising colonisers.
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Sylvia Plath’s 90th birthday party
In October, around 300 readers arrived in Hebden Bridge for the Sylvia Plath Literary Festival hoping to change perceptions of…
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