A reckoning for Silicon Valley
Malcolm Harris’s new book shows how Californian capitalism has thrived by exploiting an unequal world. But could the “Palo Alto…
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The blurred ethics of memoir
Blake Morrison’s account of sibling tragedy passes its moral questions on to the reader.
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Asia’s dangerous new arms race
Russia’s war and China’s military build-up are provoking an unprecedented change in Japan’s approach to its defence.
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How dating a couple set me free
Falling for two women has forced me to reassess the boundaries between friendship and love.
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The NS Poem: Creator, we need an answer
A new poem by the Russian poet Larissa Miller, translated by Rowan Williams, on the first anniversary of the war…
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Liz Truss’s essay shows she is as deluded as ever
The danger is how many Tories will agree with the former prime minister’s bizarre logic.
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I am plagued by illness – and my medicine of choice is Columbo
Being poorly these days involves actual discomfort. I would toss and turn if I could – but even that is…
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If only I still had the desk my father made me, my magnum opus would be written by now
I let that unwieldy piece of Douglas fir go as a teenager in a house move – not grasping then…
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Dacher Keltner Q&A: “I’m not wired for happiness”
The Berkeley psychologist on growing up in Laurel Canyon in the Sixties and why you should do your homework.
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Pamela Anderson’s fantasy life
In her memoir Love, Pamela the model and actress reveals that despite the trauma and abuse she still sees her…
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In Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, sexual assault survivors refuse silence
In this Mennonite #MeToo drama, the victims of male violence must choose between faith and their desire for justice.
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Victory City: Salman Rushdie’s story factory
Rushdie’s new novel, completed before his attack, is a fable that displays his overweening faith in narrative.
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Subscriber of the week: James Loveard
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Joan Bakewell’s Diary: living with cancer, and the age of the grandparent
Medical progress is making us live longer – and grannies like me are being turned to for free childcare.
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Letter of the week: Why Germany follows
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Who will be Keir Starmer’s chief of staff?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Rishi Sunak’s inflation promise is absurd – and the electorate will not forgive him
It is a political error to target an aspect of the economy the government cannot control.
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The war in Ukraine will go on for years – and so will its consequences for Britain
We need to change our thinking: this may become an unresolved global conflict of a kind we haven’t seen before.
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From Cariad Lloyd to Ayòbámi Adébáyò: new titles reviewed in short
Also featuring Tomorrow Perhaps the Future by Sarah Watling and Away From Beloved Lover by Dee Peyok.
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The hapless Mr Sunak
What the UK requires is a prime minister who can lead and inspire; what it has is a vacuous management…
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