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Two urgent reports tell the stories of those who risk everything to escape — and the governments that fail them
Authors and translators are the invisible army in the country’s resistance against the Russian invasion
John Davis argues that disorderly individualism transformed the dirty old city — long before Margaret Thatcher’s liberalisation
The political philosopher takes on critics on both left and right to offer a to-do list for the liberal centre
Stephen Galloway’s account is a sympathetic portrait of the actors’ doomed marriage
Can measures to avert conflict actually trigger it? And what would be a new cold war look like for the west?
In Andrew Miller’s epistolary novel, a British ex-soldier struggles to confront a terrible act from his past
Prescient words from a freed serf — born on this day, March 9, in 1814 — considered the national poet of Ukraine
Does Sean Thor Conroe’s much-hyped debut really mark the arrival of a fresh voice?
A quartet of essays revisits the themes of the author’s Naples-based novels, and pays tribute to female strengths
Humans have always loved to play games such as chess and poker, whether for reasons of survival, control or just plain fun
The plight of Europe’s refugees, Ukraine’s breadbasket in flames and poetry by Ukrainian bard Taras Shevchenko, a fresh translation of a Russian epic, essays by Elena Ferrante, new novels from Charlotte Mendelson and Andrew Miller, and Sean Thor Conroe’s provocative debut — plus a round-up of the best new science fiction
A deluded patriarch sits at the centre of this deliciously evocative novel laced with sex and art
From creating more connected teams to digital transformation — here are this month’s top titles
A new translation of his epic The Story of a Life charts the rise of Bolshevism and events that still haunt us today
Andrew Doig’s compelling history of how we die and the scientific advances that arm us against disease
Scott Reynolds Nelson’s history of the global wheat trade is a timely warning of how basic food exports can shape empires
From rampaging kaiju to sinister spaceships, plus a future world with a Brexit Britain message
The FT examines the causes and effects of an increasing global resistance to antibiotics: from the pressures doctors are under to prescribe them even for viral infections, to what new treatments are currently in the pipeline, as well as what role can the consumer play in reducing antibiotic use in the food chain
Adrian Tomine on the joy of seeing his graphic novels made into Jacques Audiard’s new film ‘Paris, 13th District’ — and Jamie Hewlett on his very different experience with ‘Tank Girl’
The smartphone pervades this fragmentary Berlin-set memoir, which weaves between encounters with nature and failed efforts to find love
In Jean-Paul Dubois’ Goncourt-winning novel, a meek middle-aged man languishes in prison and reflects on the life that led him there
Ancient Norwegian myth and modern reason intertwine in the second book of the Sister Bells trilogy
It’s the billions of views and snowballing growth that makes #BookTok such a force — but for how long?
Three books examine how and why financial centres in Britain and the US responded to the challenges of the postwar world by assuming the role of ‘butlers’ for autocrats
The Booker winner builds his mythical African trilogy and cements his status as a wildly inventive storyteller
Community campaigns offer a lifeline to businesses shaken by the pandemic and a shift to digital platforms
Thomas Halliday conjures long-vanished mammoths and dinosaurs on a journey back to the dawn of evolution
This collection of curiosities explores how the region has been romanticised — for both good and bad
Can the lessons of the post-second world war settlement be deployed to remake the modern state?
Symeon Brown takes a critical look at the hustle of the social media economy
Just sometimes, a TV series succeeds in transcending the boundaries of the book
From caustic love stories to New York’s answer to Sally Rooney, plus vampires, revenge and femmes fatales
From The Hobbit to The Gruffalo, these nursery classics are ageing very well
Chain is known for extensive academic range and will continue to operate as its own brand
From ‘Thorpeness’, this work of memory captures the rhythms of the rural English landscapes
Niamh Campbell paints a beguiling portrait of life in the city for a ‘lost’ man struggling to fit in
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