The Covid-19 lockdown can confine only our bodies, but not what is inside our heads
Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall’s guide to leadership is a catalyst for freethinking in business
Is this a chance to tackle something worthy, or lose yourself in other plagues or indulge humour and romantic escapism?
While winning the International Booker Prize will greatly boost anticolonial literature, the author has been walking the borderline of plagiarism
The appearance of Dennis Baron’s book is certainly timely
In his ambitious follow-up book, Thomas Piketty reveals why a ‘left vs right’ political dynamic is failing us
The conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy is materially concrete and fantastically airborne
Volker Ullrich's 'Hitler: Downfall 1939-45' may make for uncomfortable reading as we are accustomed to regarding Hitler as inhumane.
As centenaries come and go, the works of Sol Plaatje live on, and through them, this pioneering polymath is writ large, writes Chris Thurman
Blake Gopnik’s brutal biography coincides with a critical assessment of the artist and a major exhibition at London’s Tate Modern
Richard Layard’s manifesto for wellbeing urges us to focus on trust and relationships
Suppression and exploitation of women feature centrally in two historical narratives
Carmaker asked to change the name of a feature which leads some to believe the car can drive itself
Not since the Cold War has there been so much real-life international villainy demanding Le Carre treatment
In an era of social media and politicians who could play parts in a farce, language has become a new weapon
A recently-discovered batch of letters written by George Orwell reveal the author's romantic affairs
A young employee exposes the dark heart of the industry, where ‘sexism was everywhere’
Sunday Times journalist Qaanitah Hunter tracks the genesis of ‘thuma mina’ and how it became the tagline of Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency
JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy disappoints for the racism that places the interests of white citizens front and centre
A new collection of letters between Martha Gellhorn and Hemingway (and others) reveals a fiercely independent war correspondent
