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Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss review – our vexed relationship with our feathered friends

From the guanay cormorant to the tree sparrow, the writer shows how consistently humans get birds wrong

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13, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM

Hilma af Klint: A Biography by Julia Voss review – portrait of the painter as a mystic

The Swedish abstract artist who conversed with the dead is described as a woman years ahead of her time in this scholarly, sympathetic study

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06, Dec, 2022 @7:00 AM

The Madness by Fergal Keane review – running towards a world of pain

The BBC correspondent unpicks a lifetime of trauma and compulsion that damaged him – but also brought him success

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21, Nov, 2022 @9:00 AM

Too Much of Life by Clarice Lispector review – chronicles to treasure

This complete collection of the Brazilian writer’s newspaper columns, translated into English for the first time, ably demonstrates her engagement with humanity, politics and literature

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04, Sep, 2022 @3:00 PM

Up from the Depths by Aaron Sachs review – riveting journey into the worlds of Melville and Mumford

A stylish double biography paints a picture of the modern age through the eyes of two uniquely perceptive American writers

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15, Aug, 2022 @6:00 AM

Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen review – intimate account of male bonding

Love and grief coexist in Pedersen’s paean to his closest pals – and one musician buddy in particular

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17, Jul, 2022 @12:00 PM

Beyond Measure by James Vincent review – worth its weight in gold

This enlightening book reveals the importance of scales and rulers to humanity’s survival – and how measurement can be used for inhumane purposes

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07, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM

Exiles: Three Island Journeys by William Atkins review – banishment and beyond

The stories of three notable dissidents are the springboard for a fascinating study of exile and its effects

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03, May, 2022 @10:30 AM

CLR James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries review – making of a Marxist icon

A genius, a seducer, a self-destructive wreck… the firebrand author, historian and critic was a complex, fragile human being, as John L Williams’s biography reveals

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13, Mar, 2022 @11:00 AM