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.
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Industrial action heroes
The message of Pride is that politics changes people’s lives not only through winning, but through the process of fighting itself.
Lost children, missed opportunities, and an alternative history of the art scene: the best new novels
Three rather extraordinary debut novels were published recently. Each deals with its own idiosyncratic concerns and themes, but the books share a powerful common denominator: voice. Jeff Jackson’s Mira Corpora…
Confessions of a Bob Dylan fan
Dylan fans are notoriously obsessive. A new book explores their "fan extremism".
Isabel Allende: “There’s a change in the way we think”
The writer discusses technology, politics, and her move into crime fiction.
The ethics of the terraces
In football's murky moral world, where should fans draw the line?
What the Christians did for us
Do modern liberal values have their origins in religious tradition?
What is the alternative to globalisation?
Review: The Poorer Nations by Vijay Prashad.
Tim Minchin: “It just happens that I’m right”
Tim Minchin may be happy making big commercial films and musicals – but he’s also a man with a mission.
Rooting for the enemy: The Americans
In The Americans, Soviet spies pose as a US family. The subversive flourish is that we are cheering for their success.