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This month’s cultural recommendations will keep you in the know, from South Korean crime drama to the latest pop releases.
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Dave Eggers, founder of McSweeney’s, says contemporary novelists should shelve their work for now. Instead, he argues, we should focus on ridding the world of Trump and then searching for utopia.
Night of terror
As this report of an air raid in 1940 London illustrates, life during wartime was very different from today: fragile, unforgiving and, at every moment, perilously close to its end.
The Ten
From dance floors to art fairs, London pop and Los Angeles galleries: ten cultural recommendations worth your time and attention this week, selected with characteristic discernment.
Open book
The Finnish capital’s new public library was the result of an anonymous open competition. As other cities look for a less ‘starchitect’ future, it shows what can be achieved with a little democracy.
20 Books in 20 words
Do popular business and self-help books teach us anything new? We take a look at 20 titles – from old to new, serious to less so – and summarise each in exactly 20 words.
She’s just our type
The experimental book designer who isn’t afraid to push boundaries – and crack some spines along the way.
On the right page
An independent publisher that’s been bringing northern European hits to Italian readers for decades is embarking on a new chapter.
