February 19, 2018
A revealing portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
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Walter Isaacson’s new biography is a study of crippling perfection and obsessive observation
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July 30, 2017
‘The Force’ stays with you
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Don Winslow’s latest novel transcends the New York cop story clichés
August 23, 2017
Bannon, Trump and ‘Devil’s Bargain’
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Joshua Green chronicles Steve Bannon’s rise to prominence – and offers an insight into what he might be capable of now
July 24, 2017
Closeness from a distance
Culture
Jock Serong’s ‘On the Java Ridge’ shows us a world our politicians would prefer we didn’t see
July 25, 2017
A town like Fargo
Culture
The anthology series’ self-aware absurdity makes it the perfect show for our times
July 11, 2017
Resistance is futile
Culture
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is a modern lesson in repression but ignores wider, more complex issues
July 6, 2017
A question of understanding
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Can a show like ‘You Can’t Ask That’ make us a more decent society?
June 7, 2017
Investigating ourselves
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‘Woman of Substances’ is more than just another example of memoir-as-journalism
May 24, 2017
The politics of memoir
Culture
Yanis Varoufakis’ ‘Adults in the Room’ offers an insider’s view of the Greek financial crisis
May 11, 2017
The notebooks of icons
Culture
Joan Didion’s ‘South and West’ only scratches at the surface of America’s complex Southern states
May 1, 2017
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by David Grann
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Oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI
March 24, 2017
The age of unentitlement
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Injustice is on the rise in the punitive welfare state
March 17, 2017
Fan fiction
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Penning tributes as America burns