From Marianna Spring to Jason Okundaye: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring a lost memoir by Harry Edward and The Painter’s Daughters by Emily Howes.
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The new paranoid style
The Conservative Party has succumbed to ideology and has turned on the British institutions it once revered: the judiciary, the…
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Letter of the week: Independent perspective
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The QE theory of everything
How the $30 trillion quantitative easing experiment reshaped our world – from Brexit to the dominance of Big Tech.
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How the Israel-Gaza war broke British politics
The UK is sliding towards Trumpian divisive politics, hate not hope. Calm and proportion are badly needed.
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What is Brick Lane without bagels?
What the fate of a beloved East End bagel shop tells us about our changing cities.
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The myth of “the West”
Our simplistic attitude to Western civilisation overlooks the global trade and culture that created it.
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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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Journal of an American plague year
Eric Klinenberg’s study of New York’s struggle with Covid in 2020 reveals a society riven by racism and discontent.
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After disregarding the simple snowdrop, I now see its beauty
The passion for these modest winter flowers has taken off in the past 20 years. And I have become a…
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Anna Burns’s Milkman and the politics of hatred
Her Belfast-set novel upended my understanding of the Catholic Church and its history of prejudice.
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From Lucas Rijneveld to Amitav Ghosh: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Unearthing by Kyo Maclear and Six Stories by Stefan Zweig.
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This England: What a stink
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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A magic mushroom trip in Amsterdam triggers a revelation
“This isn’t traumatic,” I think smugly, as laughter gives way to visions. Perhaps I have no demons to confront?
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Pharmacy First, which bypasses GPs, may lead to even greater antibiotic use
Asking busy pharmacists to conduct thorough patient consultations is yet another “solution” that won’t solve anything at all.
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Michael Sheen’s The Way is audacious, intellectual TV
This collaboration between James Graham, Adam Curtis and the actor asks big questions, and has things to tell us about…
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Race across the landscape
In “Soulscapes”, contemporary artists of the African diaspora depict the lands that shaped them.
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Tippa Irie Q&A: “I see myself as a cheeky chappie”
The producer and MC on Match of the Day, the power of Bob Marley, and longing for life on a…
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Esther Ghey: “The internet unleashed horrific things”
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey on how to protect children online.
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