Health
The American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell review – wide of the mark
The author of Blink brings his exquisite writing and storytelling chops to a subject he just doesn’t understand
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Gadgets
Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline
Fourteen years ago, Twitter was the fastest, funniest game on the web. Now I’ve been driven out by so-called ‘online act...
Entertainment
Dominic West backs ‘top shagger’ Byron in poetry battle with Bob Geldof
Actor hails ‘proto-rock star’ as best poet, while musician argues for ‘Ireland’s Shakespeare’ WB Yeats at Somerset festi...
Technology
Jonathan Franzen: ‘It’s still mysterious to me that I was angry for so long’
The author of The Corrections talks about a new TV adaptation, the future of reading and why creating new work is ‘horri...
Automobile
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A tiger’s tale; the young Henry VIII; a fantasy follow‑up from Katherine Rundell; small-town secrets; ghosts galore and...
Health
‘We demand the truth’: Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee lead calls for proof of life of disappeared Eritrean writers
More than 180 writers sign letter renewing calls for information on 12 authors detained incommunicado since 2001 crackdo...
Gadgets
‘The damage was much worse than I had imagined’: the shocking inside story of Salman Rushdie’s survival
After the writer was stabbed in a horrific attack, his wife started making a video diary of his recovery. The clips are...
Technology
Why stop at Wuthering Heights: House of the Damned? Bring on Mrs Dalloway’s Rampage!
It isn’t just Winnie the Pooh – now the star of Blood & Honey II. Budget shockers are treating any story with expire...
Cars
Charles sounded ‘giddily elated’ after Diana’s death, claims Earl Spencer
In latest extracts from upcoming memoir, Diana’s brother suggests some in Buckingham Palace were ‘relieved’ at her death
Cars
My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy audiobook review – gripping vision of a fearless writer
A fictional British author in Paris sets out to explore Stein through the lens of her own friendships, in this inventive...
Lifestyle
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dati...
Finance
All the Wrong Moves by Anthony Scaramucci review – confessions of an ex-Trumper
The president’s former press secretary has learned all the right lessons, but how come it took him so long?