Memoir

The old like to think they had it harder, but secretly feel they had it better, too

A new book by Melissa Febos gets right to the heart of the genre

A memoir of a family pulled apart by the cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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

Hidden Lessons is filled with clichéd phrasing and, even worse, predictable and clichéd thinking

Although Hermione rarely names names or dishes dirt with quite the enthusiasm that her mother did, then she too has her tales to tell

Many find theology dusty, but McGrath makes a pitch for it as the centre of our world

Yet another teacher memoir abuses more clichés

How my first editor taught me to report “without fear or favour”

Adam LeBor recalls terror and surreal moments of calm in Eastern Europe