Peter Turchin’s empty prophecies
The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis…
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Martin who?
Not everyone is convinced of Martin Amis’s genius.
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The new age of perfectionism
Is capitalism itself causing millennial burnout?
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The ultra-processed food swindle
Engineered to trick our taste buds and appetites, artificially produced food is ruining our health and damaging our children. But…
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From Jacqueline Rose to Kira Yarmysh: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Encounterism by Andy Field and Art Firsts by Nick Trend.
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The Jewish vaccine pioneer forgotten by history
Simon Schama wants the post-pandemic world to learn from the case of Waldemar Haffkine: a tragic story of how prejudice…
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How to survive a nuclear holocaust
A luxury hotel protects the affluent in Sven Holm’s Termush, a rediscovered 1967 dystopia that sheds light on our own…
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The cult of David Keenan
How the Scottish author drew on music, drugs and violence to lead a new working-class avant-garde
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