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Zadie Smith & Adam Thirlwell: The Fraud/The Future Future
Historical fiction is having a moment, and at the forefront are two of 2023’s most hotly anticipated novels: Zadie Smith’s The Fraud and Adam Thirlwe…
2 years, 4 months ago
Danny Dorling & Leo Hollis: Shattered Nation
In Shattered Nation, Oxford Professor of Geography Danny Dorling meticulously documents how Britain over the last 40 years has been transformed by in…
2 years, 5 months ago
Kehinde Andrews & Afua Hirsch: The Psychosis of Whiteness
Kehinde Andrews continues the work he began in The New Age of Empire with The Psychosis of Whiteness (Allen Lane), a wry and piercing guide to retain…
2 years, 5 months ago
Terrance Hayes and Nick Laird
Terrance Hayes and Nick Laird read from and talk about their recent books So to Speak (Penguin) and Up Late (Faber). Hayes, describing Laird, praises…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ian Nairn: Modern Buildings in London
Ian Nairn’s Modern Buildings in London was first published in 1964 and now appears, 40 years after his death, in a new edition from Notting Hill with…
2 years, 5 months ago
Helen Macdonald, Sin Blaché & Isabel Waidner: Prophet
Helen Macdonald (H is for Hawk) has collaborated with musician and writer Sin Blaché to write a dazzling science fiction debut. Author Paraic O’Donne…
2 years, 6 months ago
Adam Mars-Jones & Leo Robson: Caret
Caret continues the adventures of the irrepressible John Cromer, begun in Pilcrow (2008) and continued in Cedilla (2011) – part of Adam Mars-Jones’ ‘…
2 years, 6 months ago
Lauren Elkin & Vanessa Peterson: Art Monsters
For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, raci…
2 years, 6 months ago
Jeremy Deller & Michael Bracewell: Art is Magic
A holistic and revealing account of the inspirations, passions and practices of one of the country’s foremost contemporary artists, Art is Magic find…
2 years, 6 months ago
Tessa Hadley & Geoff Dyer: After the Funeral
In Tessa Hadley’s new collection, After the Funeral (Jonathan Cape), small events have huge consequences. As psychologically astute as they are emoti…
2 years, 7 months ago