http://www.ft.com/life-arts/books/essay Essay from the Life & Arts section of the Financial Times en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2013. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:24:26 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 21:52:55 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/life-arts/books/essay http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/life-arts/books/essay http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/25391482-c2f5-11e2-bbbd-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Known as the ‘psychiatric bible’, the DSM appears in a fifth edition this month. Talitha Stevenson reviews ‘The Book of Woe’; ‘Saving Normal’; ‘Cracked’ and ‘Our Necessary Shadow’ Fri, 24 May 2013 17:24:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/25391482-c2f5-11e2-bbbd-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 25391482-c2f5-11e2-bbbd-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0eaacede-bc94-11e2-9519-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Can the EU do more to connect with its people? Tony Barber reviews ‘The Passage to Europe’, ‘The Lost Continent’ and ‘German Europe’ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:31:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0eaacede-bc94-11e2-9519-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0eaacede-bc94-11e2-9519-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4d885a02-b7ff-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Sixty years after Hillary and Tenzing reached Everest’s summit, a crop of new books dissects the events of 1953. Carl Wilkinson reviews six Fri, 10 May 2013 17:33:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4d885a02-b7ff-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4d885a02-b7ff-11e2-9f1a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b7b2553e-b248-11e2-a388-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct How professional women form a global elite and how feminine traits may dominate business. Lynda Gratton reviews ‘The XX Factor’; ‘The Athena Doctrine’ Fri, 03 May 2013 17:13:18 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b7b2553e-b248-11e2-a388-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b7b2553e-b248-11e2-a388-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/91a3782a-a80f-11e2-b031-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Did Occupy Wall Street waste its moment in the sun? Martin Sandbu reviews ‘The Democracy Project’; ‘Meme Wars’; ‘Three Inquiries in Disobedience’ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:47:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/91a3782a-a80f-11e2-b031-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 91a3782a-a80f-11e2-b031-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5097537a-a034-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Government spending must have limits, but cutting amid a deep recession has always failed. Lawrence Summers reviews ‘Austerity’, by Mark Blyth Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:23:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5097537a-a034-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5097537a-a034-11e2-a6e1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b86e0e30-9b9d-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 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 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:14:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b86e0e30-9b9d-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b86e0e30-9b9d-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d3394c90-955b-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The jury is still out on Barack Obama’s foreign policy and presidency. Edward Luce reviews ‘The Dispensable Nation’; ‘The Obamians’; ‘The Secretary’ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:31:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d3394c90-955b-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d3394c90-955b-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6c6a2ea0-9211-11e2-851f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As wildlife and landscape enjoy a resurgence in literature, Melissa Harrison finds a new willingness to celebrate the natural world in urban settings Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:24:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6c6a2ea0-9211-11e2-851f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6c6a2ea0-9211-11e2-851f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a60b8872-8b25-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As he enters his eighties, could the man regarded by many as America’s greatest living novelist yet win the prize he really wants? By Jason Cowley Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:31:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a60b8872-8b25-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Flife-arts_books_essay%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a60b8872-8b25-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0