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A history of the room where we spend a third of our lives explores identity, gender and ownership
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The massive privatisation of public property is key to understanding Britain today
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A radical road map towards a brighter future for the corporation and capitalism
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A punchy polemic in praise of nuclear power
The two rightwingers forged today’s nation by preventing a viable Palestinian state
An entreaty for inactivity makes the case for the re-evaluation of busy lives
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Are tech companies manipulating data to control human behaviour — or are their leaders simply naive?
An intrepid investigation of a deadly business
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An account of the persistent allure of political violence to ‘purify society’
A light-hearted chronicle of clerical eccentricity proves something of a curate’s egg
The gloss comes off the golden years in a disturbing examination of male domination in the film industry
We discuss the year’s best novels and non-fiction — as well as some old favourites — with Arifa Akbar and Alice Fishburn
An exploration of what it means to be Chinese in an ethnically diverse country
A bold analysis reframes western philosophy in the light of the more mystical traditions of the east
An insider account by a former warehouse employee shows that delighting consumers comes at the expense of the lowest-paid workers
Harvard professor’s book holds some uncomfortable truths for the Washington ‘blob’
