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Cloud atlas

For advocates of ‘big data’, the answers to many pressing problems lie in the very questions we ask online. But, asks James Harkin, will evidence from the servers of Google and its peers always send us in the right direction?

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One for the money

A pair of music industry memoirs show management in step with the talent. The FT’s arts writer reviews ‘A Prince Among Stones’ and ‘The Soundtrack of My Life’

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Messages in a bottle

Edith Pearlman’s remarkable short stories deserve to be discovered. Sam Leith reviews ‘Binocular Vision

The Books that Shaped Art History NON-FICTION Mar 1, 2013

The intelligent eye

How writers have struggled to find words to describe great art. Jackie Wullschlager reviews ‘The Books that Shaped Art History’, edited by Richard Shone and John-Paul Stonard

Helga's Diary NON-FICTION Mar 1, 2013

‘We knew it would be worse. But we had no idea’

A Czech artist’s childhood account of life in a concentration camp. Juliet Gardiner reviews ‘Helga’s Diary’, by Helga Weiss, translated by Neil Bermel

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Gill Bennett’s history of critical UK decisions shows they were messier than they look in hindsight

Small talk

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Tash Aw: How would I earn a living if I had to give up writing? I’d be a carpenter or a furniture maker

Daphne du Maurier & her Sisters NON-FICTION Mar 1, 2013

Women in love

The fantastical world of the du Mauriers. Peter J. Conradi reviews ‘Daphne du Maurier and her Sisters’, by Jane Dunn

The Chef FICTION Mar 1, 2013

Cooking up a storm

A massive Euro-hit, this sensual tale recoils from passion wherever it pops up. Tim Hayward reviews ‘The Chef’, by Martin Suter

Ways of Going Home FICTION Mar 1, 2013

In brief

Reviews of ‘Ways of Going Home’, by Alejandro Zambra; ‘Narcopolis’, by Jeet Thayil

Brain on Fire NON-FICTION Mar 1, 2013

In brief

Review of ‘Brain on Fire’, by Susannah Cahalan

John Gray in London, 2009 ©Getty ESSAY Feb 22, 2013

The demolition man

Why are so many people drawn to the restless scepticism of philosopher John Gray? Julian Baggini reviews ‘The Silence of Animals’

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