Book review: The Slowworm’s Song
Andrew Miller’s tale of a former soldier seeking redemption was published close to the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Culture
Filming Kurt Vonnegut, the “Christ-loving atheist”
A new documentary on the counter-cultural novelist, directed by Robert Weide, has kindness at its heart.
In a word: scandal
Michael Rosen's column on language and its uses.
Book review: Rule, Nostalgia
Hannah Rose Woods asks us to see British history as it was, rather than what we imagined it might have been.
Robespierre: man of virtue or terror?
A new book on the French Revolution’s leading crusader asks how a champion of human rights became the master of the guillotine.
Television is still processing #MeToo, with mixed results
Many shows have responded to the #MeToo movement, but HBO's "Hacks" took a more nuanced approach.
Elif Batuman: the woman in the mirror
She has dedicated three books to exploring her university experience. What is at stake in Elif Batuman's continuous self-portraiture?
Book review: Chess queens
Jennifer Shahade is a champion, and a fan of "The Queen's Gambit" – but her book shows women in chess have a long way to go.
The duty of those who are free
Writing from behind bars as a political prisoner in Egypt, Alaa Abd El-Fattah asks us to take action.
Forbidden liaisons
As a schoolboy, Laurie Taylor was warned that Protestant girls were "expert in the art of temptation".