Our writers at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival
We’re proud to be media partners with the Stoke Newington Literary Festival (London, 5-7 June) for a second year running. Speakers include Fay Weldon, Will Self and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown –…
Culture
Trauma, vegetarianism, and poetry: the best new novels
Lee Rourke on fiction by Catherine Lacey, Han Kang, and Ben Lerner.
Taking off the mask: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels
In these compelling books, the Italian writer - whose real identity is hidden - combines the novel with feminist polemic.
War photography in the age of social media
Photojournalist Paul Lowe talks to the New Humanist about his work and images of conflict
Five long reads for the Easter weekend
Charlie Brooker: Tea and empathy Charlie Brooker is a savagely funny satirist who takes aim at modern irrationality. But in person, he’s a rather more gentle soul, writes Ariane Sherine…
The wrong kind of dissident
Russia’s conflicted recent history is writ large in the life of Eduard Limonov
In western democracies, is reading a political act?
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, discusses her new book, on the importance of fiction to democracy.
How to let go: The Leftovers, Broadchurch, and The Missing
The last year has seen a proliferation of TV shows exploring the different facets of loss, from the intimate to the metaphysical.
Selma is a great film, but where are the British stories about race and racism?
Our histories are similar, but they are not the same.
What does Utopia tell us about our attitudes to disaster?
Channel 4’s conspiracy-thriller Utopia weaves a horror story from recent history. What does it tell us?