Pippa Bailey

Pippa Bailey is assistant editor and writer at the New Statesman.

The absurdity of Lessons in Chemistry

The overnight success of Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel is almost as improbable as its contrived plot.

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By Jonny Ball, Megan Gibson, Michael Prodger and Pippa Bailey

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A new book identifies the army of amateurs, eccentrics and criminals who created the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Also featuring Kenneth W Harl’s history of nomadic tribes and Redstone Press’s Seeing Things.

By Barney Horner, Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger and Tom Gatti

As we walked to a pub, a group of boys and girls emerged to yell at us – and…

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How a conservative Christian sect went from one man in 1820s Ireland to a global church.

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For those who leave the Exclusive Brethren sect, separation comes at great personal cost.

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These reflections of 1970s Sheffield are steeped in the Cold War and the shadow of the Yorkshire Ripper.

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As teenagers he got detentions and I ran for head girl – but now he’s doing rather a better…

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A slew of indie directors have taken on blockbusters, from Greta Gerwig to Ben Wheatley. Have they traded their…

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