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The Russian-American author on Lenin, BoJack Horseman and dreams of herding sheep.
ByThe Russian-American author on Lenin, BoJack Horseman and dreams of herding sheep.
ByThe roots of this are complex and involve much more than the oft-cited villain, social media – or caffeine.
ByA hangover is a day when you allow yourself to be a child.
ByThings have changed a bit up here, even in the relatively short time I was away.
ByGardeners must prevent the initial damage that allows the decay fungi to enter.
ByGeorge’s dream is to snap David Cameron upon the sand in his shorts “with his belly out”.
ByBartlett’s chops as a playwright can be felt everywhere in this drama for BBC One.
ByBart Layton’s thriller alternates between interviews with the real-life subjects (all now in their thirties) and the actors who portray…
ByMelissa Harrison combines an eye for detail and an ear for prose with a skill for constructing a plot.
ByEven if Pat Barker’s book isn’t a great one, it is perhaps a necessary one.
ByThe author clearly amuses herself with the sheer implausibility and theatricality of the world she describes.
ByJulien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus are all fresh from making critically acclaimed albums.
ByHistorian David Gilmour is interested in the motives and identities of individuals.
ByIsabel Hardman’s book explores some of the fiddly, complicated and frankly unbelievable ways in which our political system works.
ByThe former Guardian editor retired in 2015 but his story has, in his own words, “no ending, happy or otherwise”.
ByDiarmaid MacCulloch’s superb biography explores the motives of Henry VIII’s right-hand man.
ByIf you imagine an online equivalent to Orson Welles’s The War of the Worlds in 2018, there’s no reason…
ByThe Old Vic’s new musical depicts fallible women – rather than one-dimensional feminist heroines.
ByA new exhibition at the British Museum gathers seditious items from across the world and the centuries.
ByOnce dismissed as a hippie indulgence, drugs such as LSD are now at the front line of research into…
ByFrom Marxist ideologue to shadow chancellor, Corbyn’s intellectual guru and closest ally has long been reviled. But now that…
ByHis decision to quit Europe’s biggest radio programme has surprised BBC insiders and listeners alike.
ByKim Brooks left her four-year-old son alone in her car for a few minutes – and a stranger called…
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
ByIn the wake of the Stephen Lawrence case, racism was defined as “any incident which is perceived to be…
ByRather than simply insulting the shadow chancellor, his opponents should understand the forces behind his rise.
ByThe influential campaigner says “the Leave side left the battlefield after the referendum” and fears a soft Brexit will result.
ByThe Labour leader is under fire at Westminster and in the media. But out in the country, his supporters…
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