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Things I Don’t Want To Know
Things I Don’t Want To Know

Deborah Levy

Things I Don’t Want to Know is a unique response to George Orwell from one of our most vital contemporary writers. Taking Orwell’s famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of thrilling reflections on the writing life, this is a perfect companion not just to Orwell’s essay, but also to Levy’s own, essential oeuvre.

Sail On, O Ship Of State
Sail On, O Ship Of State

Johanna Möhring

The nation-state has refused to shuffle off the stage of history. Why? With what implications? This collection of essays is a first attempt to restore it to its rightful place: at the heart of the people, centre-stage in politics.

Junkspace with Running Room
Junkspace with Running Room

Rem Koolhaas Hal Foster

In Junkspace, architect Rem Koolhaas itemised in delirious detail how our cities are being overwhelmed. His celebrated jeremiad is here updated and twinned with Running Room, a fresh response from architectural critic Hal Foster.

Say What You Mean: The n+1 Anthology
Say What You Mean: The n+1 Anthology

Christian Lorentzen

A selection from the best of n+1, a Brooklyn-based magazine of politics, literature and culture.

On Dolls
On Dolls

Kenneth Gross

The essays and reflections in this collection explore the seriousness of play and the mysteries of inanimate life.

I Remember
I Remember

Joe Brainard

A cult classic. As autobiography, Brainard’s  method was brilliantly simple: to set down specific memories as they rose to the surface of his consciousness.

A Doomed Marriage: Britain and Europe
A Doomed Marriage: Britain and Europe

Daniel Hannan

The European dream was meant to unite us. It would bring peace, prosperity, freedom and democracy. It has failed. This incisive, clear-sighted and pugnacious essay shows why.

Still Life With A Bridle
Still Life With A Bridle

Zbigniew Herbert

A gathering of artful essays by one of Poland’s most translated post-war writers. Poet and essayist Zbigniew Herbert takes an intriguing look at the cultural, artistic, and aesthetic legacy of 17th-century Holland.

You and Me: The Neuroscience of Identity
You and Me: The Neuroscience of Identity

Susan Greenfield

A fascinating look at the relationship between identity and neuroscience in the age of social media. Greenfield looks at the ways in which technology impacts our brains and sense of identity.

Noriko Smiling
Noriko Smiling

Adam Mars-Jones

Mars-Jones gives a virtuoso performance as the lost figure of the film explainer, drawing out a host of meaning from the reticence of Yasujirō Ozu’s classic Japanese movie Late Spring.

The Road to Apocalypse: The Extraordinary Journey of Lewis Way
The Road to Apocalypse: The Extraordinary Journey of Lewis Way

Stanley Price Munro Price

In 1811 eccentric millionaire Lewis Way had an epiphany on the road to Exmouth. From that moment he devoted himself to one goal: the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, revealing a forgotten life story.

Wandering Jew: The Search for Joseph Roth
Wandering Jew: The Search for Joseph Roth

Dennis Marks

In this revealing ‘psycho-geography’, Dennis Marks makes a journey through the eastern border­lands of Europe to uncover the truth about Roth’s lost world. The result is a riveting and involving documentary that reunites Roth with his creative and spiritual landscape.

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