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In Tessa Hadley’s novels, ordinary lives and homes become charged with memory and unease, where private dramas quietly echo the politics of their time. Words by Conrad Landin.

A veteran economist lifts the lid on the perils of international aid. By Graeme Green.

You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave; Planet Patriarchy; To the Moon; In Transit.

A social historian interrogates racialized capitalism amid the mysteries of the steamship. By Michael Muir.

Global Battlefields; Logging Off; Love in Exile; Flesh.

Poet and polemicist Mohammed El-Kurd chronicles the erasure of Palestinians – in voice as well as body. By Hamza Yusuf.

Renters Unite!; Bountiful Empire; Conflicted Copy; Sanctuary.

Could the iron road lead the way to climate justice? By Monisha Rajesh.

In Defence of Barbarism; Disaster Nationalism; The Parlour Wife; Pink Witch.

A French novelist has mastered the post-industrial landscape – and his latest book is as tender as they come. By Conrad Landin.

Safety Through Solidarity; We Need To Talk About Climate; The Newsmongers; World Without End.

A new book traces the history of modern Britain through the practice and political effects of motherhood. By Ruth Gilbert.

Systemic; Patria; Faraway the Southern Sky; Wild Houses.

A new history of pro-Zionist pressure is strongest in its simplicity, writes Rob Norman.

The North Will Rise Again; Scattered; A Mouth Full of Salt; A Mouth Full of Salt.

Britain’s economy crashed, its Queen died – but Liz Truss is back. Clara Hill read her book so you don't have to.

Making a Movement; Left Alone; Our Island Stories; Purity.

How can we care for each other while fighting for justice? By Decca Muldowney.

An African History of Africa; After Zionism; The Alternatives; The Wrong Person to Ask.

A new study of civilizational thinking leaves no doubt as to its 19th century origins, writes Ed McNally.