Earlier this summer, I travelled through Europe on a book tour. Everywhere I went, the heat broke records. In Italy, Germany and Spain, I sought refuge from the afternoon sun in air-conditioned hotels.... Read more »
A few months ago, an AI researcher from Europe attended a dinner party in Silicon Valley. During one of the many courses, the host addressed his guests, all of whom worked in... Read more »
It was the family home where William Wordsworth hosted Alfred, Lord Tennyson, lived as poet laureate and worked on his epic autobiographical poem The Prelude. Now, after a long period of decline... Read more »
The prophet Ezekiel once claimed to have seen four beasts emerge from a burning cloud, “sparkling like the colour of burnished brass”. Each had wings and four faces: that of a man,... Read more »
Michael J Fox has already eked out four books of Hollywood memoir, so the justification for a fifth – written with longtime collaborator Nelle Fortenberry – ought to be good. It is: the... Read more »
Gary Shteyngart is the observational standup of American letters, a puckish, playful Russian-born author who views the US through the eyes of an inquisitive tourist. The immigrant melting pot of New York... Read more »
ALA 2025: librarians chart a course for the future amid ‘existential threat’ Jun 30 2025 The American Library Association’s 2025 Annual Conference, held in Philadelphia from June 26–30, found attendees simultaneously anxious... Read more »
“Green, at this point, is a dead fucking brand,” says Kate Morris, the brash and irreverent political organizer at the center of Stephen Markley’s The Deluge. “Green,” for Morris, is traditional environmentalism,... Read more »
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