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This fast-paced account lays bare bitter divisions, relentless setbacks and a prime minister’s ultimate undoing
With immersive storylines and powerful, emotive writing, some of the most thrilling fiction out there is being created in game form
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A look back to celebrate the 20th edition of the Financial Times and Schroders award
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The author on not having a mentor, an incredible hunter named Lilac and the limits of pessimism
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His pioneering theoretical work helped us understand what made the universe possible
Lisa Kaltenegger is an enthusiastic guide to the search for life beyond our planet — and the new technologies that could help it succeed
A magical realist tale with a touch of Shakespeare’s Prospero
The literary superstar’s profound comments on mankind’s relationship with God are both beautiful and thought-provoking
Anna Reid’s vivid history of an ill-judged intervention in 1918 demonstrates that we underestimate Russia at our peril
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After novels about obesity and Brexit, the author’s new satire posits an alternative US where the word ‘dumb’ is banned
Daniel Susskind argues that there is too much muddled thinking on the topic
The death of artist Ana Mendieta at the hands of Carl Andre — a crime of which he was acquitted — is reimagined in genre-busting style
From glossy magazines to coffee-table books, luxury houses increasingly see publications as a springboard for sales
From Vietnam to Che Guevara: tales of the White House from one of America’s great historians in an unusual and very personal memoir
The best travel writers help us see faraway places — and the world around us — in a fresh light, especially post-pandemic
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Dan Davies makes a compelling case for the use of Stafford Beer’s management cybernetics in the age of AI
Jonathan Haidt argues that social media and gaming have disastrously rewired childhood, but haven’t we been here before?
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