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ESSAY
Mar 8, 2013
For David Cannadine, historians should look beyond the clash of religions, classes and civilisations to what unites us – but there are problems with an appeal to common humanity. Mark Mazower reviews ‘The Undivided Past’
©Stuart Kolakovic
FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
Henry Twidle, winner of the Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize, reviews a novel that works on the imagination in unexpected ways
©John Riddy
NON-FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
When does faith turn bad? If only the author had tried to answer that question. John Cornwell reviews ‘The God Argument’, by AC Grayling
NON-FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
A portrait of Venezuela under the late Hugo Chávez reveals two sides to his presidency. Julia Sweig reviews ‘Comandante’, by Rory Carroll
FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
A 17th-century Florentine sculptor’s search for the perfect woman. AN Wilson reviews ‘Secrecy’, by Rupert Thomson
NON-FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
A design critic argues there is more to the subject than fashion and fonts. Edwin Heathcote reviews ‘Hello World’, by Alice Rawsthorn
FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
A family is divided by food. Emma Jacobs reviews ‘The Middlesteins’
NON-FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
Review of ‘Fanny & Stella’, by Niel McKenna
FICTION
Mar 8, 2013
Review of ‘Night of Triumph’, by Peter Bradshaw
©Oliver Polanski
ESSAY
Mar 1, 2013
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?