Khadijar Ali ruminates on the helpfulness of the Self-Help book.
Tag: Books
A BA in 5 Texts – Diving into Spanish American Literature
Javaria Abbasi provides a clear and concise list of 5 must-read masterpieces of Spanish American Literature.
Peonies: consuming otherness
Wei Kai takes us through the beauty and clarity of Zadie Smith’s newest essay collection ‘Intimations’.
The Lockdown Diet: Fictional Worlds Ready-Made
What are the repercussions of an increase in television consumption and how do our connections with books and television differ?
Lonely Books: A Solitary Reading List
I first noticed the loneliness when the daily Zoom calls dried up and I started talking to the birds in my garden instead. I’d been lonely before, but lockdown loneliness felt different. The issue wasn’t that I didn’t have a support network, more that I did, and like all of us during the coronavirus pandemic, Read More…
Bookstores are disappearing. COVID-19 was the last straw.
Since the tech boom of the 1980s and 90s, tech has continued to revolutionize all facets of our lives as it renders one thing after the next obsolete. From cassettes to DVDs, to watching Netflix and being addicted to the 6-inch supercomputers that live in our pockets, technology regularly phases out the old and replaces Read More…
The Classics Revisited
“It is a truth universally acknowledged” that since man stepped behind a camera we have been subjected to some particularly questionable attempts at adapting those ‘classics’ we hold so dear. The dilemma – to adapt or not to adapt – is a pressing one. ‘Classics’ is not a term I use lightly; on the surface, Read More…
History: A Balanced BA in Five Texts
This is Part of a mini series of “Ideal Reading Lists”, curated by Books and Literature Editor Tommaso Crestani.
Environmental book worm: 5 books to read in the climate crisis
Environment, climate, and nature-related literature is becoming increasingly popular, as writers, activists and academics attempt to grapple with the complexity and scale of the climate and ecological crises we face. From personal rewilding to systemic environmental injustices and everything in between, these 5 books tackle different aspects of the crisis we find ourselves in today, Read More…
Jack Fairweather wins Costa Book of the Year with ‘The Volunteer’
Jack Fairweather has won the Costa Book of the Year Award with his biography ‘The Volunteer’.