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‘Inequality and the 1%’: Danny Dorling in conversation with Kate Pickett
Our top 1% take 15% of all income. That’s the highest share of anywhere in Europe. Our bottom fifth are the poorest in Europe. In Inequality and the …
11 years, 6 months ago
The Establishment: Owen Jones
In 'The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It' (Allen Lane) Owen Jones analyses the people and institutions that govern our lives – government…
11 years, 6 months ago
33 Artists in 3 Acts: Sarah Thornton and Isaac Julien
Leading sociologist of art [Sarah Thornton][1] goes behind the scenes with 33 living artists including Ai Weiwei, Maurizio Cattelan, Cindy Sherman an…
11 years, 6 months ago
Labyrinth: Will Self and Mark Wallinger
In what may well be the largest work of public art in history, Turner prize-winner Mark Wallinger placed a uniquely designed labyrinth in each of Lon…
11 years, 7 months ago
Everything Flows: A Celebration of Vasily Grossman
Vasily Grossman, now widely regarded as the greatest Russian novelist of the 20th century, died 50 years ago this month. The author of the remarkable…
11 years, 7 months ago
Private Island: James Meek
James Meek came to the bookshop to talk about his new book, Private Island (Verso), a scathing assessment of the last two decades’ privatisation of p…
11 years, 7 months ago
Shark: An Evening with Will Self
Will Self’s latest novel Shark explores the hidden history of the late 20th century, taking in the American invasion of Cambodia, the sinking of the …
11 years, 8 months ago
An Evening with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six autobiographical novels, published in Norway between 2009 and 2011 under the series title *Min Kamp* (‘My Struggle’) have e…
11 years, 8 months ago
How to be Both: Ali Smith in conversation with Alex Clark
Ali Smith has been described by Kate Atkinson as ‘one of the few contemporary writers ploughing a genuinely modernist furrow.’ Her latest novel *how …
11 years, 8 months ago
Wittgenstein Jr: Lars Iyer and Ray Monk
'Who has the temerity to call themselves a philosopher? The word “philosopher" is an honorific. It should be bestowed upon you by others.' Lars Iyer’…
11 years, 8 months ago