Books

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, television and books

Born an East Berliner, Jenny Erpenbeck has won the International Booker for her sensitive insight on life behind and beyond borders

A little morsel of madeleines, put it in a teaspoon and dipped in tea, summons memories of In Search of Lost Time

A dreamlike lost masterpiece about a writer’s fixation with Dostoevsky – a man who would have hated him

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s television, cinema and books

There’s no wonder only Lord Ashcroft’s Biteback publishing outfit was prepared to pick up the rights to Ten Years to Save the West

A new book charts the surprising passion in Ukraine for cricket, the country’s fastest-growing sport – until the Russians invaded

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, television and books

As conflicts ratchet up across the world, the risk of a nuclear war – perhaps even one started by accident – seems closer than ever

After Covid, the job fits the employee’s life, not the other way round – how can we handle that shift?

In an edited extract, the author of a new book explores the eerie ruins of an abandoned resort in the island’s ‘forbidden zone’

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

The recent bust by Europol of an international ring of thieves targeting rare Russian editions has shocked the classic book world

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, theatre and television

Why are we fascinated by talking horses and chatty cats in fiction?

The apocalypse comes to a group of siblings in south-east France in We Are Together Because, a stunning new novel by Kerry Andrew

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, exhibitions and books

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books, television and cinema

Barrister Geoffrey Robertson dramatises what might happen within the walls of a future courtroom

Two generations ago, the chaos of Latin America inspired a wave of remarkable fiction. Now the patterns are repeating

The last-minute cancellation of the city’s intimate and unpretentious book festival Aye Write is an act of cultural vandalism

Nikita Teryoshin’s chilling photos of ‘The back office of war’

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, books and streaming

A dream provided an epitaph inadvertently appropriate for a man who spent his life producing art and literature that shocked and appalled the unsuspecting

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, television, books and cinema

The Montenegrin has been the subject of a mock trial and effigy-burning over his latest novel, Anomaly

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Will Hutton, journalist and author of The State We’re In, sets out how Labour can remake Britain

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books and cinema

It might even be better for the Conservatives too, but I am less concerned about them than I am about Britain

Locals have opted to negate the fact that Lawrence’s vision of Italy wasn’t entirely idyllic

Ireland is going through a golden literary age – but Sinéad Gleeson’s extraordinary debut stands out from the rest

Tom Baldwin’s biography of the Labour leader suggests we will see a return to serious politics if Starmer makes it to No 10