Book review: In Search of Mary Shelley
Fiona Sampson's perceptive biography illuminates Shelley's remarkably intense and productive life.
Culture
“Borders are man-made fictions, inequality is a man-made reality for millions”
Q&A with Lyndsey Stonebridge, author of "Placeless People"
The moral of the story
"The Good Place" is an unlikely sitcom about ethics. How did it get so popular?
Take the power back
British theatre is thriving with new ideas and voices – and we have more diverse commissioning and casting to thank for it.
Running on Moscow time
A 30-hour train journey from Vienna to Moscow offers the chance to connect with the Russian past: contraband, bribery and all.
Book review: The Years
Annie Ernaux's memoir is strikingly honest about the mechanics of memory.
How the 1980s fashion boom shaped our turbulent present
Two new books about 1980s fashion magazines reveal the conservative politics lurking beneath radical looks.
Book review: Warlight
Michael Ondaatje's latest novel explores the unreliability of memory.
Empire’s new ruins
The writer and musician Akala has become an essential voice in Britain’s debate on race, class and identity.
The dark side of nature writing
The recent renaissance in nature writing also revives an overlooked connection with fascism.