literature

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot’s Middlemarch
John Bird

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot’s Middlemarch

In Middlemarch, many of the characters suffer from ‘the debris of history’ – things haven’t changed

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
Sci-fi

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future

The ‘Big Three’ sci-fi writers of the mid-20th century all made predictions that would come to pass

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons
Books

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons

Intelligence services now push messages through an array of digital media; back in the Cold War, the CIA used books and publishing

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz
Books

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
Literature

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along

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‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
Books

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?

Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
Books

Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
Books

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’

How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’
Books

How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’