From Marilynne Robinson to Ross King: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson and England: Seven Myths that Changed a Country by Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears.
ByRead all the latest book reviews from the New Statesman and discover the best novels, non-fiction, essays and biographies. If you’re looking for something more specific, explore our sections dedicated to politics books and history books.
Also featuring Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson and England: Seven Myths that Changed a Country by Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears.
ByCaroline Crampton’s history of hypochondria shows how the internet has exacerbated health anxiety.
ByTim Shipman shows how May’s charisma-free caution over Brexit made the rise of Boris Johnson inevitable.
ByMolly Roden Winter’s riveting, explicit memoir More makes the case for open marriage as self-help – but her logic is…
ByFrom assets to businesses, the high street to the internet, US investors have a stranglehold on Britain’s economy.
ByBritain can’t afford to let politics fans trivialise how the country is run.
ByCaledonian Road is a brick of a novel lobbed at the towering glass houses of London.
ByIn an age of political alienation and resurgent nationalism, can the United Kingdom still hold?
ByThe New Statesman’s highlights, from AI to the American right and Greek drama to goth culture.
ByAlso featuring Sunken Lands by Gareth E Rees and The Spinning House by Caroline Biggs.
ByHaunted by scandal, the museum has become a “black hole” for artefacts. It’s time to bring it down, says Noah…
ByThe country lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann were studies in class, conflict and creativity.
ByHow a hairdresser from Beckenham entered the court of David Bowie.
ByThe laissez-faire era is over, says Will Hutton – the next Labour government must find growth through intervention.
ByAlso featuring Language City by Ross Perlin and The Observable Universe by Heather McCalden.
ByFind cinematic joy and heroes seeking comradeship in new books for young readers.
ByAlso featuring The Performer by Richard Sennett and Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream.
ByAlso featuring Power Up by Yasmin Ali and Ghost Pains by Jessica Jezewska Stevens.
ByGary Stevenson’s rags-to-riches memoir exposes a system where the rich can’t lose and the economy is choked by inequality.
ByAlso featuring a lost memoir by Harry Edward and The Painter’s Daughters by Emily Howes.
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