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Frustrated at continued government inaction, the adviser and Leon co-founder serves up a comprehensive and reasoned argument for a coherent food policy
From the politics of food to the origin of time, the war on Ukraine to the realities of crime fiction
This farcical tale of freedom and ecstasy — told in fruity Polari slang — reads as if Jean Genet and Vladimir Nabokov had joined the writing team of the ‘Carry On’ films
The ambitious debut novel by Lydia Sandgren arrives in translation garlanded with praise and attention
This keenly anticipated new novel — about the amorous ambitions of a TV sketch writer — is layered with witty social observation
Jonathan Scott tracks the scientific ingenuity and corporate rivalry that created recorded music’s most durable format
A sharp observer of democracy who witnessed the break-up of Yugoslavia, she wrote truths that made you laugh — until you cried
Historian David Broder on why Giorgia Meloni and her populist government provoke questions about the past
Tara Zahra deftly weaves cutting-edge scholarship and human stories into concerns about democracy, markets and nation-states
Three new books assess the social, historical and ideological factors shaping Tory electoral strategy under Rishi Sunak
An analysis of the potential of technology to transform personalised medicine is both stimulating and comprehensive
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The Korean-American author on her love for the Neue Galerie, Thom Browne and Kerrygold
The author and psychologist on writing, egoism and finding le mot juste
Light and lively adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s novel is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser
Maggie O’Farrell’s retelling of the short life of Hamnet Shakespeare struck a chord when it was published in March 2020 — and now it’s coming to the RSC
A thought-provoking take on how US entrepreneurs have thrived due to the country’s vibrant — if sometimes ‘messy and difficult’ — democracy
A haunting account of the impact of western policies premised on sectarianism that engulfed the country after 2003
The ‘Lincheng incident’ pitted bandits against a wealthy elite — and is recreated in James Zimmerman’s immersive account
Chris Laoutaris’s engaging account of how Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’ was published 400 years ago
Dorothy Tse’s debut novel draws on protests in Hong Kong to plunge its protagonist into Kafkaesque situations
Angela Saini looks at how and why so many societies formed where men gained power over women
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Philip Hensher embraces the pandemic narrative with a mixture of fever-fuelled fantasy and astute social commentary
The Welsh novelist’s third book is about one tumultuous summer when a small town begins to unravel
Nicholas Spencer’s highly readable history explores changing notions of human nature, and asks: who decides who we are?
Engrossing insights into dilemmas from fossil fuels to flying — and the political questions they pose
The paradox of secularism and the contemporary value of progress is that the origins of both lie in the seedbed of a religious past
The author of a seminal work on caste in the US talks about America’s uncertain future and her ‘narrative drive’
Charmaine Craig’s novel is a complex, propulsive story of an unapologetically unforgiving woman
Robert Pickering’s book is a fascinating account of the triumphs and travails of a storied financial institution
Nandini Das’s study of London’s first emissary to the subcontinent is a triumph of writing and scholarship
In the hands of the Spanish master, a tale of espionage becomes a powerful tool for philosophy and cerebral game-playing
Frank Costigliola’s piercing biography shows the prescience of a US diplomat who opposed Nato expansion and foretold war in Ukraine
Three informative books offering first-hand perspectives of early motherhood are a reminder that raising children should be a collective responsibility
Emma Warren’s book is a clarion call to get up on the dance floor, which she calls ‘a technology of togetherness’
Where should the lines be drawn in the encouragement, promotion and marketing of stories about the misery of others?
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