From Thurston Moore to Camilla Nord: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Book at War by Andrew Pettegree and a collection from the Complete Works Poets.
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Bridget St John and the power of folk memory
At a magical gig in east London, I feel transported to Greenwich Village in the Sixties.
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Why we go to war
Two new studies of the evolution of warfare reveal the fragility of peace in a world ruled by irrational actors.
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Three Little Birds is a clichéd take on Generation Windrush
The relentless racism in Lenny Henry’s incident-filled drama is all too believable; its saintly female characters less so.
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Rupert Murdoch’s portrait in the attic
Michael Wolff’s account of the fall of the media strongman is an ugly, scurrilous tale of profit’s triumph over democracy.
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Anthony Horowitz Q&A: “I admire Rishi Sunak for his resilience and work ethic”
The novelist on optimism, late-night plot anxiety, and being born 25 years too late.
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I’m missing the human touch, and a certain mushroom risotto
I’m back in England, with only grey skies, my plants and the world's worst corporation for company.
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Max Pechstein and the politics of paint
Amid Germany’s 20th-century upheavals, the expressionist’s art brought him both renown and peril.
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David Brooks’ delusions of moral decline
How to Know a Person argues that public life no longer values honour and empathy – but the evidence is…
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Killers of the Flower Moon is Martin Scorsese at his best
This late, great Western is a powerful study of greed, betrayal and evil.
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Subscriber of the week: Jeff Maddocks
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This England: Seeds of doubt
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Three years on from lockdowns, I have finally tested positive for Covid
I was going to discuss a fictional island but I am now a virtual castaway myself.
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A guide to Berlin’s orchestral etiquette
Also: My brush with bicycle “fascism” and a sobering threat to fiction writing.
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Why are Tories so obsessed with Gary Lineker?
Also this week: a brawl at Lord’s and the US-Saudi golf rivalry.
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Heavyweight: a podcast full of humanity
The eighth season of Jonathan Goldstein’s show tells real-life stories that are compelling, empathetic and full of character.
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Ludovic Slimak: “We cannot imagine another humanity”
The French paleoanthropologist on how the Neanderthals lived.
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Peter Mandelson was omnipresent at the Labour conference
Your dose of gossip from around Westminster and the Liverpool Convention Centre.
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Letter of the week: Travelling backwards
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The revenge of history
How Israel forgot the lessons of the Yom Kippur War.
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