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Kristi Coulter’s account of her 12-year career at the tech firm lays bare the toxic work culture of the 2010s.
ByAs the power in Hollywood has moved from film to TV, so has the much-mythologised alpha male auteur.
ByThirteen years of Tory rule, a season of scandal and Labour on the rise – the hectic Britain of 1963…
ByAlso featuring Alexandria by Islam Issa and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada.
ByAlso featuring The Revolutionary Temper by Richard Darnton and The Wisdom of Sheep by Rosamund Young.
ByShattered by Brexit, the Tory party has been captured by populist disrupters. Can true conservatives win it back?
ByThe novelist’s collected non-fiction reveals her extraordinary range, depth and independence of thought.
ByAlso featuring The Book at War by Andrew Pettegree and a collection from the Complete Works Poets.
ByTwo new studies of the evolution of warfare reveal the fragility of peace in a world ruled by irrational actors.
ByWinchester Cathedral’s mysterious “bone chests” tell a story of how warring kings and queens forged a new nation.
ByAlso featuring Family Meal by Bryan Washington and Pure Wit by Francesca Peacock.
ByAn oral history of the bitter Eighties dispute reveals a conflict that went far deeper than just government vs trade…
ByHow the shadowy start-up Clearview sold the power of facial recognition to corporations and states across the globe.
ByAlso featuring Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang and Stay True by Hua Hsu.
ByThe songs he wrote with Elton John may be works of art. His bloated memoir is not.
ByJohn Gray’s latest book argues that the new Leviathans of liberalism have led to a war of all against all.
ByBuilt on imperial amnesia and competing nationalisms, the EU has never been the beacon of inclusion it claims to be.
ByAlso featuring National Dish by Anya von Bremzen and Metropolitan by Andrew Martin.
BySixty years ago, the French writer’s unflinching memoir of her mother’s death tested the limits of her existentialism.
ByChristopher Neve’s study of great painters reveals the risks and rewards of creating art at the end of life.
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