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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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Lawrence Summers
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
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Edward Luce
Mar 29, 2013
Some commentators claim Barack Obama prefers drones to diplomacy – but the jury is still out on both his foreign policy and presidency. A review of ‘The Dispensable Nation’, ‘The Obamians’ and ‘The Secretary’
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Mar 22, 2013
Wildlife and landscape’s resurgence in literature creates a new willingness to celebrate the natural world in urban settings. Melissa Harrison reviews ‘Silt Road’, ‘Field Notes From a Hidden City’ and ‘Pondlife’
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Mar 16, 2013
Could the man regarded by many as America’s greatest living novelist yet win the prize he really wants? By Jason Cowley
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Mar 8, 2013
For David Cannadine, historians should look beyond the clash of religions, classes and civilisations to what unites us – but there are problems with an appeal to common humanity. Mark Mazower reviews ‘The Undivided Past’