Britain’s exam delusion
Assessment has eclipsed learning in an education system that fails students and worsens inequality.
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James Baldwin in a time of riots
A century after the writer’s birth, the return of divisive racial politics has given his work renewed urgency.
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The scandal that rocked the London art world
Orlando Whitfield’s All That Glitters is more than just a gossipy exposé of con artist Inigo Philbrick: it’s a nuanced…
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Bonfire of the humanities
With departments in decline, the English professor has become a risible figure in the British novel.
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The definitive account of the Challenger disaster
Adam Higginbotham’s Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space is a gripping and nuanced…
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How Kathleen Hanna brought women to the forefront of punk
The Bikini Kill singer was raised by a dangerous father, developed a finely tuned radar for sexual threat, and turned…
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Jess Phillips wants to cut the crap
The Labour MP’s third book, Let’s Be Honest, is a powerful, blunt and cathartic takedown of everything wrong with our…
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Edna O’Brien was the last great Irish iconoclast
Great Irish literature is defined by dissent. So why do so many writers uphold the status quo?
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