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A History of the Novel in Britain by Philip Hensher review – a masterpiece of criticism

This joyous book takes readers on a literary adventure across 300 years of fiction, from Defoe to Zadie SmithIn his opening paragraph, Philip Hensher declares that a novel not only “tells a good story

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Sir Christopher Ondaatje obituary

Businessman and philanthropist who helped fund a new wing for the National Portrait GalleryBy 1988, the businessman Christopher Ondaatje had made a great deal of money as a publisher and stockbroker o

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‘Like if John Sayles directed Forrest Gump’: the incredible life of historian Howard Zinn

The life of the hugely influential ‘people’s historian’ is explored in a wide-ranging new book that brings in everything from wars to civil rights to Matt DamonMatt Damon may play a great hero in The

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The August Coup by Robert Service review – the drink-soaked collapse of the Soviet Union

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifullyMarxist-Leninist rule in Russia lasted 74 years, and in August 1991 it effectiv

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Upland by Ed Douglas review – a glorious survey of Britain’s high places

The writer and climber brings colour and carnival to his account of a country and people shaped by its mountainsIt comes as a shock to learn that Britain’s uplands were not always rocky, covered with

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What makes a woman a witch? Financial independence

Women aren’t being burnt at the stake any more, but there is still risk and violence implicit in the label ‘witch’When Katherine Harrison’s husband passed away, she became the wealthiest woman in Weth

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‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima

In an exclusive extract from his memoir, Kiyoshi Tanimoto describes the terrifying trip across the city to locate his wife and child• ‘I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: read an interview with

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Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US

Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter ThielThe historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book