Survival of the dishiest
The useless beauty of male birds is evidence of something evolutionists long struggled to accept: female agency.
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The unbearable weight of the literary canon
Daunted by the breadth of the material, I fear I will never be well read enough.
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Why you can’t trust economists
Dispassionate discussions of financial markets are often political statements in disguise.
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In Twist, Colum McCann examines what connects us
His thrilling new novel traces the mysterious cables stretching across our ocean beds.
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The Beatles’ brilliant friendship
The Paul McCartney-John Lennon bond is a great story of boys and men, class and fame, love and jealousy
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s everyday dystopia
Never Let Me Go was once dismissed by critics for its “dear-diary” prose, but 20 years later the novelist’s masterwork…
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Pilgrims of a lost Palestine
In Forgotten, writers Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson explore the careless treatment and outright destruction of Palestinians’ most precious memorials…
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From Becky Barnicoat to Nick Trend: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom and Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World by Kathryn…
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