10 June, 2013
A Structure of the Psyche
Strictly hyphenated manic-depression is posited as a genre of mental experience in a timely look at bipolar disorder.
Category: Social Policy
16 December, 2012
The Possibility of Sanity
Sarah Wise brings narrative elegance and scholarly rigour to her study of Victorian madness, Kalika Sands writes.
18 November, 2012
Mapping the Contradictions
Slavoj Žižek’s latest is a familiar rehearsal of his ideological analysis, taking aim at the "salaried bourgeoisie", Joe Kennedy writes.
The Cloud of Unknowing
Liz Sawyer reports on former BBC Director General Mark Thompson's classically-inspired call for a renewed public discourse.
4 November, 2012
Urban Renaissance Travelogue
A New Kind of Bleak is an acerbic, if sometimes alienating critique of pseudo-modernism, finds Owen Hopkins.
7 October, 2012
The Imperialism of PE
Houman Barekat finds Marc Perelman's Barbaric Sport unconvincing, and laced with contempt for 'the spectating mass'.
23 April, 2012
Public Schools
Stefan Collini's What Are Universities For? argues for the enduring importance of higher education in the wake of government cuts.
26 March, 2012
Interview with David Lammy MP
The MP for Tottenham reflects on the causes and impact of the riots, and discusses his new book Out of the Ashes.
