Apr 14, 2013

A dented determination to divide the union

John Lloyd reviews ‘Scotland’s Choices’, by Iain McLean, Jim Gallagher and Guy Lodge

Press surround Gillian Duffy’s Rochdale home in April 2010 after Gordon Brown was recorded dismissing her as ‘bigoted’ ©Reuters Christopher Caldwell Apr 12, 2013

Out of many

A call for debate on immigration policy. Christopher Caldwell reviews ‘The British Dream’, by David Goodhart

Apr 12, 2013

It all adds up

A great novelist recalled by the son he often failed. Talitha Stevenson reviews ‘Saul Bellow’s Heart’, by Greg Bellow

Apr 12, 2013

Farm to fork

The global scramble to secure access to food. Lara Pawson reviews ‘Feeding Frenzy’, by Paul McMahon

Turned On cover Apr 12, 2013

In brief

Reviews of ‘Turned On’, by Lucy Dent; ‘Noise’, by David Hendy; ‘The Ecstasy of Influence’, by Jonathan Lethem

Apr 7, 2013

An optimist’s view from the edge of the abyss

Ian Goldin depicts a world as endowed as it is endangered in ‘Divided Nations’

Apr 5, 2013

In brief

An inquiry into the links between running and philosophy. James Vincent reviews ‘Running with the Pack’, by Mark Rowlands

Apr 5, 2013

Language instinct

Literature is both lifeblood and prison in this fervent memoir. George Pendle reviews ‘How Literature Saved My Life’, by David Shields

Apr 5, 2013

Colonialism’s last stand

How independence struggles played out against the cold war. Christopher Silvester reviews ‘Small Wars, Far Away Places’, by Michael Burleigh

Book cover of 'Simpler: The Future of Government', by Cass Sunstein Apr 5, 2013

Nudge nudge

A behavioural economics guru gets the chance to put his ideas into practice. Tim Harford reviews ‘Simpler’, by Cass Sunstein