Books

Patricia Highsmith’s voluminous diaries paint a full picture of their author

The heroic age of polar exploration ended with Shackleton’s death

This selection of new fiction is marked by both novelty and tradition

Hannah Jewell’s blog-post-turned-self-help-book says we should all aspire

From Belsen concentration camp to eminent British sculptor

We are at a crucial moment in the history of artificial intelligence

Laurie Penny writes a book about how to deliver change while actual feminists are getting their hands dirty

In What Do Men Want?, Nina Power crafts a peace treaty between the sexes

While away the winter with would-be classics

To strive, to struggle, to sweat, is to be human