From Simon Lister to Violet Moller: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Nature’s Ghosts by Sophie Yeo and Spycraft by Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman.
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Peter Williams is head of production at the New Statesman.
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Tech visionaries may dream of a wordless future, but even Elon Musk cannot disrupt the communal power of speech.
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From Leïla Slimani to Laura Cumming: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Penance by Eliza Clark and White Hot by Matt Roller and Tim Wigmore.
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The Azeem Rafiq case shows the ECB can’t solve cricket’s problems
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The furore over Oxfam’s “woke” language guide misses the point
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