According to Isaiah Berlin’s formulation, inspired by Archilochus’s aphorism that “the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing,” one set of thinkers dig into a single topic all... Read more »
The first thing you should know about Bathsheba Demuth’s Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait is that it is a beautiful book and you should stop reading this right... Read more »
Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory review – a boosterish case for atomic energy | Science and nature books
There is something biblical about the fraternal relationship between the atomic bomb and the nuclear reactor. Both involve bombarding uranium-235 atoms with neutrons to produce a chain reaction via nuclear fission. Both... Read more »
Into the narrow field of Scandinavian multi-decker novels – populated by Jon Fosse and Karl Ove Knausgård – strides a new star. Asta Olivia Nordenhof’s Money to Burn, a bestseller and prize... Read more »
Journalist, novelist and cafe owner Andrew O’Hagan, 56, grew up in Ayrshire and lives in London, the setting for his most recent book, Caledonian Road, now out in paperback. Shortlisted for last... Read more »