Memoir
The uses and abuses of nostalgia
The old like to think they had it harder, but secretly feel they had it better, too
How do you solve a problem like memoir?
A new book by Melissa Febos gets right to the heart of the genre
The cult of the father
A memoir of a family pulled apart by the cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
The fit and famous
To strive, to struggle, to sweat, is to be human
Her story repeats itself
Hidden Lessons is filled with clichéd phrasing and, even worse, predictable and clichéd thinking
Hermione Simper
Although Hermione rarely names names or dishes dirt with quite the enthusiasm that her mother did, then she too has her tales to tell
The meaning of life
Many find theology dusty, but McGrath makes a pitch for it as the centre of our world
Beating a dead narrative
Yet another teacher memoir abuses more clichés
Inside the small town newspaper
How my first editor taught me to report “without fear or favour”
Thirty years on: blood and hatred in the Balkans
Adam LeBor recalls terror and surreal moments of calm in Eastern Europe