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Jun 14, 2013
A cultural powerhouse but riven by political discord – John Lloyd reviews ‘Story of My People’, ‘Italian Ways’ and ‘Mafia Republic’
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Jun 7, 2013
You don’t have to be a Tiger Mother to believe in pushing your children to greater things. But is there a case for letting them find their own way?
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May 31, 2013
Edmund Burke’s admirers make the case for his greatness – but can he be claimed as the father of conservatism?
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May 24, 2013
Known as the ‘psychiatric bible’, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders appears in a fifth edition this month. Talitha Stevenson explores the controversies surrounding its release
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May 17, 2013
Can a European Union chafing under German leadership and struggling to restore a sense of collective purpose do more to connect with its people? Tony Barber reviews ‘The Passage to Europe’, ‘The Lost Continent’ and ‘German Europe’
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May 10, 2013
In the anniversary year of Hillary and Tenzing’s conquest of Everest, a crop of new books explores what has changed in those Himalayan heights since 1953. By Carl Wilkinson
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May 3, 2013
Lynda Gratton reviews books by Alison Wolf, John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio
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Apr 19, 2013
Did the Occupy Wall Street movement waste its moment in the sun? Martin Sandbu reviews ‘The Democracy Project’, ‘Meme Wars’ and ‘Three Inquiries in Disobedience’
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Apr 12, 2013
The former US Treasury secretary turned Harvard professor reviews ‘Austerity: the History of a Dangerous Idea’ by Mark Blyth
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Apr 5, 2013
Fifty years after her death, Sylvia Plath continues to captivate writers and readers. But her role as a casus belli in the battle of the sexes has also obscured the genius of this much-mythologised poet, writes Sarah Churchwell