The author of ‘The Reader’ on his new east-meets-west novel and the post-reunification grievances fuelling votes for the AfD
Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s latest biography unravels the riddle of the most powerful man in the court of King James
‘The Shepherd’s Life’ author leaves behind the Lake District to seek sanctuary and renewal on a remote Norwegian archipelago
The latest listens explore male grief, gay coming of age and environmental activism — plus rediscovering the joys of Jilly Cooper
Judge praises the ‘profound insights’ of the final six authors in contention for the £50,000 non-fiction prize
Award comes against a backdrop of growing international appreciation of her country’s culture
The latest reissue of the English crime writer’s novels brings her unsettling yet delightful prose to a new readership
Andrea Marcolongo mixes personal reflections with an account of the tragedy and intrigue of Elgin’s removal of the Parthenon sculptures
Former Sotheby’s chair James Stourton shares an insider’s glimpse into the murkier corners of a ‘gentlemanly’ world
The South Korean author won 2016’s Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’. This pick of FT reviews and interviews looks back at her other books
A renewed focus on pandemics, sanatoriums and troubled minds reveals much about the state of our times
The author of ‘The Reader’ on Germany’s east-west divide; Boris Johnson’s racy but self-aggrandising memoir; Richard Dawkins’ fresh insights into evolution; Charlotte Wood’s Booker-shortlisted novel; a superb history of China’s Cultural Revolution; new fiction from Roddy Doyle and Richard Powers; a 1960s crime yarn reissued — plus Nilanjana Roy on illness and Pilita Clark’s pick of environment titles
As Art Basel Paris takes up residence at the Grand Palais, the FT invites you to discover the best of the fair, featuring key artists, collectors and gallerists
Escape from Nazi Germany through the Kindertransport initiative was the catalyst for a lifetime of writing
The American writer blends ocean exploration and social technology in his Booker-longlisted novel
The man who would be world king claims many triumphs but reveals his mortal failings in this racy account of his political career
Bob Woodward says former US president also secretly sent Covid-19 tests to Russian leader
A third outing for Paula Spencer sees her hard-fought lockdown peace disrupted by the arrival of a middle-aged daughter
Australian writer Charlotte Wood has penned a resonant novel that takes on fundamental questions about life
Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian provide a superb history of China’s transition into and out of the Cultural Revolution
Lessons from cuckoos, caterpillars and tortoises: the influential biologist’s new book ‘reads’ genes as palimpsests of the past
Obama’s climate negotiator gives insights into the fraught Paris 2015 deal while a historian does a demolition job on our energy transition delusions
The historian draws on his experience in Ukraine and eastern Europe to warn of the dangers of tyranny in the US
It’s not ingratitude to acknowledge the tension between acclaim and attention
Yes, please do. Everyone is dying to know why it wasn’t your fault
Technique or temperament? The alchemy of great art is elusive — but this peek inside painters’ studios offers tantalising insights
The author loves James Baldwin, French Wordle and enjoying her ‘retirement renaissance’
A new book from the eminent statistician shifts from trivial issues of probability to the risk of getting cancer
Ex-Moscow correspondent Lucy Ash examines the complicity of the Orthodox Church in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine
Spanning the arc of the author’s own life, this personal progress is by turns drolly self-mocking, mischievously randy and touchingly vulnerable
A writer unpacks a lifelong obsession
A young woman’s noble ambitions are compromised by the corrupting influence of money
A look at the impact of white nationalism and the far right in the Appalachias
The author follows her acclaimed 2020 novel ‘Small Pleasures’ with a portrait of extraordinary lives in 1960s suburbia
Though in my youth I never found any doors into other worlds, as an adult my dreams are providing more than I can possibly open
Kate Summerscale’s gripping analysis of the Christie crimes is also an uncompromising picture of women’s lives in postwar Britain
The US foreign policy machine in action, origins of the new cold war, and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as viewed from Washington
