Is India enjoying a golden age or in democratic decline? And what will the prime minister do next? As the nation goes to the polls, four books attempt to unravel its many complexities
In gardens both real and imagined, Laing asks whether we can use green spaces to make a more equal world
In this memoir, the child of American white nationalists chronicles a remarkable personal journey towards awareness and anti-racism
A senior barrister makes the case for fixing the ‘sense of decay’ affecting Westminster and offers detailed and robust reforms
A look at how to control nothing but influence everything; a re-evaluation of how we learn; and breaking down the flaws in economic analyses
Tools used by recruiters and managers to hire and fire may be doing more harm than good
From shady deals to outright fraud, a series of high-profile scandals have rocked the art world. What’s the solution?
Dana Mattioli’s important book looks at the winner-takes-all dynamic that built a competition-squashing behemoth
Was a Highland postman the inspiration for Mr McGregor?
The author and journalist on Cambridge, Black British gay history and his ‘garish’ gold jacket
Rupert Thomson’s exceptional novel makes co-conspirators of his readers in the story of a history professor’s mid-life breakdown
Stupidity; Soho; Stiglitz; and spam
The American screenwriter’s account of four decades in Hollywood is as gossipy and scandalous as you’d expect
Rachel Cockerell movingly chronicles her ancestors’ migration from Kyiv to America — via a scheme for a homeland in Texas
The chef pays homage to his Palestinian heritage in his first book of recipes
This globe-hopping new novel is a bold study in human connection
Reservation scalping; flame-throwing robot dogs; Russian reserve accumulation and Taylor Swift fandom
Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s amnesiac narrator pieces together past and present in a radiant translation by Philip Roughton
A new book by the celebrated social photographer captures the city in all its most unscrupulous glory
Seamus Heaney’s touching acts of kindness, Jane Austen’s hangovers — an author’s correspondence reveals things that literature cannot
This fast-paced account lays bare bitter divisions, relentless setbacks and a prime minister’s ultimate undoing
What do you plant for a poet? The novelist describes creating her garden against time
Caledonian Road charts a grand unravelling in London while Julia Gillard and Gillian Anderson add gravitas to Annabelle Hirsch’s history in 101 objects
A look back to celebrate the 20th edition of the Financial Times and Schroders award
Doris Kearns Goodwin has written award-winning studies of four former American presidents. Her latest book focuses on her own coming of age
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