Books

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, theatre and books

The Scottish writer infuses quiet moments with beauty and profundity. Her new book is so good it’s almost impossible to let it go

When the rest of the world looks at Britain they see a country of systemic failures, dysfunction and absurdity. But it need not be like this

Ahead of July 4, why not read about far more thrilling polls courtesy of Dickens, Wodehouse, Trollope… and even Jeffrey Archer?

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s television and books

To pretend we can become the fastest growing economy in the G7 – Labour’s No 1 mission – without addressing how to recover from Brexit risks undermining it

A new book explains a dry, complex subject with verve and wit

An incendiary book that makes the case for meat-eating has opened up a new rift in an already divided nation

A nation under threat defeated Chinese interference in their poll – so what lessons can the US and UK learn from them?

A choice of reading for the Euros includes the man who prescribed a cure for English football’s problems, a generation early

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s television and books

A new book tells the story of a German film-maker who tried to break with the country’s past

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, television and books

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, television and books

Born an East Berliner, Jenny Erpenbeck has won the International Booker for her sensitive insight on life behind and beyond borders

A little morsel of madeleines, put it in a teaspoon and dipped in tea, summons memories of In Search of Lost Time

A dreamlike lost masterpiece about a writer’s fixation with Dostoevsky – a man who would have hated him

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s television, cinema and books

There’s no wonder only Lord Ashcroft’s Biteback publishing outfit was prepared to pick up the rights to Ten Years to Save the West

A new book charts the surprising passion in Ukraine for cricket, the country’s fastest-growing sport – until the Russians invaded

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, television and books

As conflicts ratchet up across the world, the risk of a nuclear war – perhaps even one started by accident – seems closer than ever

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

In an edited extract, the author of a new book explores the eerie ruins of an abandoned resort in the island’s ‘forbidden zone’

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

The recent bust by Europol of an international ring of thieves targeting rare Russian editions has shocked the classic book world

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, theatre and television

Why are we fascinated by talking horses and chatty cats in fiction?

The apocalypse comes to a group of siblings in south-east France in We Are Together Because, a stunning new novel by Kerry Andrew

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, exhibitions and books

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books, television and cinema

Barrister Geoffrey Robertson dramatises what might happen within the walls of a future courtroom