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A Child of One’s Own by Rachel Bowlby: A study of “unnatural” parenthood

By Rachel Cusk - 22 Jun 2013

One could say that the Oedipus narrative gave us Wuthering...
The Virgin Birth and other myths

By John Gray - 22 Jun 2013

Sins of omission and myths of the Enlightenment.
Away the Crow Road

By Helen Lewis - 20 Jun 2013

Remembering Iain Banks, an intensely political writer.
Alexandria by Peter Stothard: A wander through places where the thoughts of the dead live on

By John Sutherland - 20 Jun 2013

The loose-knittedness of Alexandria encourages Jack...
How to Read Literature by Terry Eagleton: Not so much eagle-eyed as bird-brained

By Claire Lowdon - 20 Jun 2013

A book that purports “to provide readers and students with some...
The North by Paul Morley: Warmth, decency, truth and proper beer, with a side order of menace

By Stuart Maconie - 20 Jun 2013

For everyone who is exasperated by Morley’s oblique, mazy,...

Guilt, prayer, love and worship

By Rt Rev James Jones - 20 Jun 2013

Continuing our What Makes Us Human series, the Right Reverend...
What makes us human: In each other’s shadow

By Mary Robinson - 14 Jun 2013

This week, in our series in partnership with BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy...
Notes from a cardiologist: Unravelling the mystery of Benjamin Britten’s heart

By Hywel Davies - 14 Jun 2013

Cardiologist Hywel Davies describes the origins of the syphilis...
Three things feminists need to stop talking about

By Martha Gill - 13 Jun 2013

Martha Gill's "Irrational Animals" column.
Passive Pawn or Lady Macbeth: Who was Richard III's queen?

By Amy Licence - 11 Jun 2013

Dead by the age of 28, Anne Neville didn’t leave much of a paper...
The Renaissance man should be celebrated, not dismissed as a dilettante

By Ed Smith - 06 Jun 2013

Ed Smith's "Left Field" column.

The Beach Boys Story on BBC 6 Music: Surfing the airwaves

By Antonia Quirke - 20 Jun 2013

While there are those who will tell you that Pet Sounds...
The Returned and The Fall: Death warmed up

By Rachel Cooke - 20 Jun 2013

A zombie thriller and a crime drama that ask you to suspend your...
The White Queen: romance, sex, magic, scowling, social snobbery and battles

By Amy Licence - 17 Jun 2013

The BBC's new Sunday night drama set in the Wars of the Roses...
Why I can't stand Clare Balding

By Will Self - 14 Jun 2013

Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.
Despite everything, television still has an extraordinary amount of power

By Bim Adewunmi - 14 Jun 2013

The response to Nestlé featuring a mixed race family in an advert...
Disability, a New History on Radio 4: We can't get enough

By Antonia Quirke - 13 Jun 2013

We’ve hear diaries of the disabled from all centuries, discarded...

The Xbox One was never going to save videogames from themselves

By Alex Hern - 24 Jun 2013

If anything, it was putting off the difficult decisions still...
Review round-up

By New statesman - 24 Jun 2013

The critic's verdicts on George Packer, Melanie Phillips and Neil...
Friday Arts Diary

By New statesman - 21 Jun 2013

Our cultural picks for the week ahead.
On Solid Ground: Photographing the displaced

By Charlotte Simmonds - 20 Jun 2013

A new exhibition captures the trauma of those forced to flee to...
I'm sick of hearing female comics censoring themselves - jokes are weapons to be used in battle

By Sarah Fisch - 19 Jun 2013

On how I went to a all-female comedy night raising funds for...
Me, on the screen

By Austin Walker - 19 Jun 2013

Race in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.