The child in time
Writers reflect on photographs of their younger selves.

Reviewing politics
and culture since 1913
Writers reflect on photographs of their younger selves.
Sunil Amrith’s panoptic history shows how our pursuit of freedom has brought ruin to the Earth.
By Kathleen JamieThe late poet, novelist and New Statesman columnist was equally attuned to the natural world and what lies beyond…
By Kathleen JamieOlivia Laing and Richard Mabey reveal the joys, crises and politics of making a garden of one’s own.
By Kathleen JamieHaunted by scandal, the museum has become a “black hole” for artefacts. It’s time to bring it down, says…
By Kathleen JamieA new school of natural history seeks to understand the deep intelligence of the Earth’s most enigmatic creatures.
By Kathleen JamieJonathan Kennedy’s Pathogenesis reveals how diseases have built and broken empires and economies.
By Kathleen JamieKatherine Rundell’s new book is a treasury of extraordinary animals endangered by human negligence and greed.
By Kathleen JamieAs a neurosurgeon, Marsh was comfortable with death. But in his new memoir And Finally, he finds himself on…
By Kathleen Jamie