Weimar from Goethe to Hitler
One small town in Germany has become synonymous with darkness
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I read Russell Brand’s unreadable new book, for my sins
The controversial star’s conversion is more cult-like than Christlike
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AI will dissolve civilisation as we know it
Demis Hassabis has dedicated himself to guiding machine intelligence for the betterment of humanity – but is it listening?
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Ben Lerner has taken autofiction somewhere new
The American novelist’s new book is not truly about ego, or technology, but a more elusive and universal theme
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Lena Dunham and the art monster
Her memoir Famesick shows the corrosive effect of living through one’s work
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An English life in Vladimir Putin’s twilight zone
Foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts spent 25 years living in Russia. What did he witness during its descent into authoritarianism?
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Patrick Radden Keefe’s obituary for Britain
In London Falling, the American journalist presents the capital as a dying, amoral city
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John Lanchester’s personal venom
John Lanchester’s new novel offers a darkly funny vision of bitter London professionals
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