In November, Stephen Henighan delved into Margaret Atwood’s past lives; Patricia Craig considered shame in Irish literature; Boyd Tonkin investigated John le Carré’s writing process; Susan Owens explored Britain’s disappearing folk and craft traditions; our contributors chose their favourite books of the year. Here are some highlights from the month:
Renditions of her: Margaret Atwood’s lives in memoir
When Irish eyes aren’t smiling: A literary history of national guilt
Methods and materials: Inside a writer’s workshop
Craftwork: Britain’s lost arts and vanishing folk traditions
Books of the Year 2025: Our contributors choose their favourites
Vibrations of a strange new life: Lee Miller’s artistic and historical sensibility
Fast and furious: Caribbean cricket in England
The end of the world or the end of the month: The tension between environmental and economic policy
Sade’s ‘great-granddaughter’: Necrophilia, poisoning and murder: a transgressive French novelist
Just their type: Modern fonts and their designers
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