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An Uneasy Inheritance by Polly Toynbee review – living up to high ideals
What happens when good intentions meet good fortune? Politics melds with personal drama in this candid family history
Kathryn Hughes
31, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
Sleeping on Islands by Andrew Motion review – candid stories from the former poet laureate
A revealing memoir illuminates the conflict between wordly success and creative freedom
Kathryn Hughes
25, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer review – beauty and the beast
Is it OK to love the art of a morally repugnant artist?
Kathryn Hughes
19, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
The Seaside by Madeleine Bunting review – postcards from the edge
A deeply reported account of what England’s seaside towns reveal about the state of the nation
Kathryn Hughes
27, Apr, 2023 @6:30 AM
How Westminster Works … and Why It Doesn’t by Ian Dunt review – a savage indictment of the status quo
This eye-opening analysis of the British way of governing reveals a system set up for failure
Kathryn Hughes
12, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day review – friends with benefits
A candid examination of the difference between being good at friendships and being a good friend
Kathryn Hughes
06, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
The Marriage Question by Clare Carlisle review – the lives and loves of George Eliot
A philosopher examines the meaning of relationships in the great novelist’s life and books
Kathryn Hughes
15, Mar, 2023 @7:30 AM
Sarn Helen by Tom Bullough review – notes from a small country
Wales is the measure of all things in this timeshifting story of ecological change
Kathryn Hughes
15, Feb, 2023 @7:30 AM
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes by Kate Strasdin review – the fabric of Victorian life
An album of swatches offers a rich historical record of middle-class life in the 19th century
Kathryn Hughes
03, Feb, 2023 @7:30 AM
Botticelli’s Secret by Joseph Luzzi review – a great mystery in the picture
Why did Botticelli endure centuries of obscurity? And what happened to those Dante illustrations? A fresh account of the Renaissance explores the answer
Kathryn Hughes
21, Dec, 2022 @7:30 AM
Papyrus by Irene Vallejo review – how books built the world
From Alexandria to Oxford, a kaleidoscopic history of the written word
Kathryn Hughes
08, Dec, 2022 @7:30 AM
Tell Me Good Things by James Runcie review – love, loss and lessons learned
The novelist and playwright’s memoir is the heartbreaking story of losing his wife, Marilyn Imrie, to MND, but also a wonderful account of their time together
Kathryn Hughes
26, Nov, 2022 @11:00 AM
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