Books

From Helen Oyeyemi to bell hooks: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Irascible by Adrian Clark and Richard Calvocoressi and To Have or to Hold by Sophie Pavelle.

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Can a small and unassuming bundle of fibres really be the key to better health and a longer life?

By Henry Marsh

The novel promises an ending. But world events will not be so neatly contained.

By Sarah Moss

The nation’s founding myth was based on faith and solidarity – but it also contained the roots of today’s democratic…

By Rowan Williams

The modernist phenomenon believed bad attention was better than none at all.

By Margaret Drabble

The extent of the president’s decline was concealed by his desperate team. The reality was even worse than it seemed.

By Freddie Hayward

Advances in technology and artificial intelligence have created a brave new world – and women are hated here, too.

By Pippa Bailey

Society is forgetting why time away from the public gaze matters.

By Nikhil Krishnan