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Harold Bloom, an irreplaceable genius of criticism

Kate Maltby reflects on her old teacher, 'a man unashamed to preach that poems should be beautiful, rather than merely worthy'

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Harold Bloom, an irreplaceable genius of criticism

Review: We Are The Weather

Review: We Are The Weather

This book gives a stark overview of what we are doing to the environment.

1 min read

Review: On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal

Review: On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal

Conversion is at the core of this book, says Anne Garvey

By Anne Garvey 

2 min read

Review: Hunky Dory (Who Knew?)

Review: Hunky Dory (Who Knew?)

An engaging story about a Jewish kid from Finsbury Park who made good, says Johnny Belknap

By Johnny Belknap

2 min read

Review: This Tilting World

There is little higher praise than to say that this short book is a perfect example of a small moral choice exquisitely realised.

By Amanda Hopkinson

1 min read

The story teller of Auschwitz

Heather Morris hit the bestseller lists with her fictionalised account of a Holocaust survivor's life, The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Now she's written a controversial sequel.

By Angela Kiverstein

6 min read

Review: The Age of Football

This book mixes searing detail with laconic wit, says David Winner

By David Winner

1 min read

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Review: Ducks, Newburyport

Stoddard Martin hails a major new work as possibly today’s ‘Great American Novel’

By Stoddard Martin

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Review: Ducks, Newburyport

Getting in the right mood for the High Holy Days

Big Questions, Brief Intentions, Edited by Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum,London School of Jewish Studies

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

Getting in the right mood for the High Holy Days

Review: A Life in a Poem

There is a spiritual intensity here which pervades both the poetry and the prose of this memoir, says Peter Lawson

By Peter Lawson

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Review: A Life in a Poem

Review: Ghetto: The History of a Word

An authoritative survey of how this most malleable of words was understood in different ways over the centuries, says Howard Cooper

By howard cooper

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Review: Ghetto: The History of a Word

Review: Fly Already

Etgar Keret is a master of melancholy, but also of terror, says David Herman

By David Herman

2 min read

Review: Fly Already

Cliveden gets ready to rock again

JC literary editor Gerald Jacobs previews a literary festival that has established itself among the best in a short time

By Gerald Jacobs

1 min read

Cliveden gets ready to rock again

Review: Legacy

This history of the J Lyons company and the family that ran it is a (mostly) gripping read, says Robert Low

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Review: Legacy

Review: Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution

This book presents a beautifully clear introduction to Marx’s thought and its Hegelian origins, says Vernon Bogdanor

By Vernon Bogdanor

2 min read

Review: Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution

Review: Generation Y: Generation Snowflake?

This book is ideal for anyone who already firmly believes that today’s youth are little more than pathetic, feckless ingrates, says Daniel Sugarman

By Daniel Sugarman

2 min read

Review: Generation Y: Generation Snowflake?

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