With reproductive rights devastatingly at stake in the US, as the historic Roe vs Wade ruling on abortion looks likely to be overturned, women’s bodies remain a political battleground. Long considered…
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The hum returned to the halls of Olympia last week. After two years of pandemic-related cancellation, the London Book Fair was back “in person” at its usual venue in the west…
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Elena Ferrante’s latest book of nonfiction offers a rare peek behind the curtain of the creative process of one of our most elusive authors. The book is comprised of four lectures:…
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Death, as James Baldwin reminds us in The Fire Next Time, “is the only fact we have”. And yet in the west, it is swathed in secrecy. “Just like in video…
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Do you have an inner (or outer) voice prodding you to hit the gym this year? As health and fitness centres flood with fresh faces and renewed resolve, it’s easy…
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I confess to raising an eyebrow when I heard that the model and swimwear designer Emily Ratajkowski had a feminist essay collection in the works. Not, to be clear, because…