Books

Eliot Higgins is founder of online investigation website Bellingcat (Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

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In Review

Book of the week: We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins

In a ‘deeply impressive book’, Higgins explains the power of his ‘intelligence agency for the people’

26 Feb 2021

Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston

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In Review

Book of the week: Fall by John Preston

In a ‘wonderfully astute’ biography, Robert Maxwell is painted as ‘the perfect villain’

19 Feb 2021

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In Review

Book of the week: The Happy Traitor

Kuper tells the story of the ‘least known but the most damaging of all the British double agents’

12 Feb 2021

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8 Feb 2021

Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan

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In Review

Book of the week: Francis Bacon Revelations

Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan ‘analyse what lay beneath the mask’ of one of Britain’s most written-about painters

5 Feb 2021

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In Review

Book of the week: Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires

Richard Bradford’s biography of Patricia Highsmith portrays a woman who ‘courted emotional violence’

29 Jan 2021

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26 Jan 2021

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In Depth

Books which should be on your reading bucket list

Ignore the outside world and immerse yourself in these classic novels

26 Jan 2021

The Fall of a Sparrow by Ann Pasternak Slater

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In Review

Book of the week: The Fall of a Sparrow by Ann Pasternak Slater

Pasternak Slater delves into the unhappy tale of T.S. Eliot’s ‘problem’ wife, who ended up in a psychiatric hospital

22 Jan 2021

A World Beneath the Sands by Toby Wilkinson

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In Review

Book of the week: A World Beneath the Sands by Toby Wilkinson

Toby Wilkinson explores the dark side of the ‘Golden Age’ of Egyptology

15 Jan 2021

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12 Jan 2021

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On the menu

Ten of the best vegetarian and vegan cookbooks

Check out these recipe collections and create some delicious meat-free meals

23 Dec 2020

A stage performance in London's West End

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22 Dec 2020

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In Review

Books of the year: what the critics say

A look at the recommended reads from the past 12 months

18 Dec 2020

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Culture Unwrapped - 2020: vintage year for books or literary dud?

A look through the literary highs and lows of 2020 and our predictions for the year ahead

8 Dec 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week: A Promised Land, Oh Happy Day, Olga

New releases from Barack Obama, Carmen Callil and Bernhard Schlink

4 Dec 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week

New releases by Ferdinand Mount, Anthony Quinn and Rumaan Alam

27 Nov 2020

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In Brief

A festive feast: the best Christmas cookbooks

Serve up a series of seasonal delights with these recipe collections

25 Nov 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week

New releases from Joseph Henrich, Selina Hastings and Roddy Doyle

20 Nov 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week

New releases by Barbara Amiel, Ed Douglas and Don DeLillo

30 Oct 2020

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In Brief

Books of the Week

New releases by Hermione Lee, Jane Birkin and William Boyd

23 Oct 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week: Agent Sonya and Dirt

New releases by Ben Macintyre and Bill Buford

16 Oct 2020

Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada has died at the age of 81

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In Review

Kenzo Takada: remembering a master of colour

A fresh look at the joyful and immersive biography of the Japanese designer following his death at the age of 81

6 Oct 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week

New releases by David Goodhart, Martin Amis and Robert Harris

2 Oct 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week

New titles from Caitlin Moran, Charlie Gilmour and Nick Hornby are this week’s must-reads

25 Sep 2020

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In Review

Books of the Week

This week’s three must-read books

18 Sep 2020

Donald Trump with John Bolton, his national security adviser

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In Depth

Five things we learn about Trump from John Bolton’s memoir

US president is trying to block the publication of his former security adviser’s explosive book

18 Jun 2020

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In Review

Donald Trump’s niece prepares to publish ‘damning’ book

New memoir details how the US leader ‘became the man who now threatens world’s health, economic security and social fabric’

17 Jun 2020