From Elton John to Wendy Cope: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Tremor by Teju Cole and A Woman I Know by Mary Haverstick.
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Also featuring Tremor by Teju Cole and A Woman I Know by Mary Haverstick.
ByA new book shows how sport has shaped British history and society – but cannot explain why it matters as…
ByNew Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.
ByThe judging panel hasn’t picked an exciting winner in years because there simply hasn’t been one.
ByThe novelist, who died last week aged 87, clung fast to realism during a time of faddish post-structuralists.
ByThe shadow chancellor’s history of women economists raises profound questions about the future of work.
ByBy “maximising” lives, the billionaire philanthropist is making ours worse.
ByAlso featuring Peter Cowie’s biography of Ingmar Bergman and Stuffed by Pen Vogler.
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