Books

The painful secrets of my Jewish past

Novelist Polly Samson reveals how she turned a quest to find the truth about her family into a book

Interview: Susan Pinker

We live longer when we're together

In awe of the art of the essay

The essay has to be the best possible literary form for times of vaulting ambition and limited attention span.

Mark Rothko: Towards the Light in the Chapel

Little more light needed

Review: After Birth

Tiresome rant in foul-mouthed baby talk

The untold story of our friends