theguardian.com > books > aug
A Noble Madness by James Delbourgo review – the dark side of collecting
2+ hour, 52+ min ago —...James Delbourgo, a professor of history at Rutgers University, New... ..., John Fowles, Orhan Pamuk; film-makers Orson Welles and Alfred... ...19th and 20th century, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Gertrude Vanderbilt...
theguardian.com > books > aug
Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow motion
52+ min ago —...millennia-spanning novel, which was 20 years in the makingEven if Sarah Hall... ...Helm by Sarah Hall review – a mighty epic of climate change in slow... ...reconfigured biblically, Carlisle-Settle train lifted off the tracks... ...In The Carhullan Army, climate change has already happened....
theguardian.com > books > aug
Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action
9+ hour, 28+ min ago —...to support Palestine Action, she wrote in the Irish Times over the... ...novelist Sally Rooney could be arrested under the Terrorism Act... ..., Yvette Cooper, to bracket Palestine Action with groups such as... ...Lawyer and writer Sadakat Kadri said: “Receiving money with the intention...
theguardian.com > books > aug
From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: Thomas Pynchon’s books – ranked!
18+ hour, 8+ min ago —...Typical line “Downstairs, Meatball Mulligan’s lease-breaking party... ...Typical line “Taking quick looks behind him on the trail, Lew Basnight... ...and Jeremiah Dixon, British surveyors tasked with ending a... ... boundary dispute between the colonies of Maryland, Pennsylvania...
theguardian.com > books > aug
Poem of the week: Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Border by Suji Kwock Kim...
20+ hour, 8+ min ago —...and South Korea, including my own.”... ...Kim’s meditation on the disruptions experienced by family members...
theguardian.com > books > aug
The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – surreal workplace satire
21+ hour, 7+ min ago —...corridors of Tom’s workplace, Capmeadow Business Park.... ...Piranesi-esque corridors of Tom’s workplace, Capmeadow Business... ...Godwin) or tidal-energy startups (Alexander Starritt’s Drayton and... ...Ben Pester’s first novel, following his 2021 story collection Am...
theguardian.com > books > aug
Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of literary giant
23+ hour, 7+ min ago —...at Makerere University College, the Ugandan branch of the University... ...of London, and Leeds University, the seat of “Commonwealth” literary...
theguardian.com > books > picture > aug
Tom Gauld on someone to fight your corner – cartoon
1+ day, 14+ hour ago —...Tom Gauld on someone to fight your corner – cartoon...
theguardian.com > books > aug
Why antibiotics are like fossil fuels
1+ day, 22+ hour ago —...Liam Shaw is a biologist at the University of Oxford, and author... ...of Dangerous Miracle (Bodley Head).... ...our History by Dorothy H Crawford (Oxford, £12.49)... ...Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande...
theguardian.com > books > aug
‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic
2+ day, 2+ hour ago —...Lettice Cooper, the novelist and my mother’s Ministry of Food colleague... ...‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years... ...Lettice Cooper, the novelist and my mother’s Ministry of Food colleague... ...Cambridge spy Guy Burgess was a BBC producer....