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Global warming has made environmentalists of us all. Yet debate still rages over what is the best solution
A deft dystopian fable about the innocence of a robot that asks big questions about existence
An examination of how statesmen can play a decisive role in shaping foreign policy
The Oxford professor’s rich account of British social history is marred by her surprisingly crude political assumptions
The Austrian author’s graveyard stories of a town’s history reveal how our lives boil down to a handful of choices
Maria Stepanova seeks to establish the ‘common’ nobility and justice in her family’s past
Sergio Olguín’s latest gripping tale, tenacious heroines, plus murders in Africa
Two books, by Walter Isaacson and Henry Greely, seek to start the public debate on whether we should alter our genomes
Are modern men facing a crisis of masculinity?
Cat Jarman’s thrilling archaeological detective work unearths the wealth, trading and slaving history of medieval Scandinavians
Public disagreement today can often become toxic. But we can learn from the ancients to turn online pile-ons into constructive debate
The second novel by the Ghanaian-American writer offers a powerful perspective on addiction and race
Q&A with the author on au pairing in France, her work with young people and the importance of legacies
The important lessons of our self-isolation include patience, fortitude and compassion — but also humility
The author considers the advice given to her by Philip Roth: ‘Take it. If you can pick it up and carry it out of the room, it’s yours’
Rescue operation launched as rise in banditry undermines President Muhammadu Buhari’s national security credentials
Three works on the new politics of climate change are reviewed. Also: fiction from Kazuo Ishiguro, a look at diplomats’ critical role, Britain’s social history — and a round-up of the best thrillers and more
Combining grandeur with eerie melancholy, the homes of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy still haunt novelists and poets alike
Bring the gallery home this spring
Rachael Boast’s ‘To One Who Has Ceased to Be’ was commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of the Romantic poet’s death
Digging up the past can help to realign our notions of the present
The Netflix show perfectly captures the rigid social structures holding India back from its immense potential
The medium’s 200-year evolution from novelty to vital artistic medium is examined in a new book and Paris show
Juliet Nicolson’s book seeks to link the big freeze of 1962-63 to the decade’s emerging social upheaval
Correspondence home serves as an enlightening, venturesome epistolary vehicle to revisit the heyday of the YBAs
An occult-tinged mystery-romance steeped in Irish folklore; a sophisticated magical tale; and the very unmagical world of social-media
Curl up with a book or write your own at a prime property with a literary connection
Kerri ní Dochartaigh’s debut work evokes the landscapes of her Irish childhood with emotional resonance
Two books on remarkable 14th-century peasant John Westwyk and Dutch visionary Christiaan Huygens remind us of the dark ages that could still follow
Chef Analiese Gregory on why she turned her back on the world’s chicest restaurants to set up home – and a kitchen – at the edge of the world
The sensitive mind of a film-maker provides a dreamlike tour of an Italian city in this brief but memorable novel
Patricia Lockwood’s debut novel is the latest in a flourishing genre about living through the internet
In her biography of the late Jeremy Heywood, his widow Suzanne captures his legacy as an outstanding cabinet secretary
A mighty river and nationalist myths loom large in these two fascinating history books by Janet M Hartley and Mark Galeotti
The cold war double agent refused to recognise the deadly consequences of his betrayal
The final book in the acclaimed Buckmaster trilogy leaps in to the 31st century with the search for a fabled city
The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them even for viral infections, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain
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