Book review: Under Pressure
Faruk Šehić's novel, an unflinching account of the conflict in Bosnia, explores the futility and brutality of war.
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Book review: The Class Ceiling
The evidence gathered in a new book makes it harder for cheerleaders of meritocracy to deny the existence of class bias in public life.
The shockingly intimate photos of Nan Goldin
Rejecting the division between observer and participant, Nan Goldin’s photographs are unlikely to ever be repeated.
Return of the romcom
What changed in Hollywood – and in society – to bring romantic comedies back from the dead?
Blood on the terraces
Football is supposed to bring people together, but across disputed borders, even team names can become political weapons
Book review: Witcraft
Jonathan Rée's new book is a fascinating history of how philosophy entered and developed within the English language.
What 1984 tells us about truth
The way we discuss George Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984 says as much about the politics of our age as the novel itself.
Fighting for the future
Asteroid mining, synthetic meat, surrogacy – a slew of radical thinkers envisage brave new worlds. But can we get there?
A woman’s scorn
In the age of Trump and #MeToo comes a timely challenge to the idea that female anger is irrational.
Confronting the legacy of the Troubles
In Derry, the peacewalls are still standing, and state papers still classified. What hope for peace in the age of Brexit?