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Writing about yourself is a funny business…But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.” —Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl’s […]

Lucy has been writing her dissertation for nine years when she and her boyfriend have a dramatic break up. After she hits rock bottom, her sister in Los Angeles insists that Lucy dog-sit for the summer

‘When times are hard, fantasy and escapism are crucial’ Alexander McQueen Having grown up in London’s East End, Alexander McQueen left school at 15 to become a tailor’s apprentice on Mayfair’s Savile Row. At 22, he joined the prestigious MA course at Central Saint Martins and, after presenting his 1992 graduate collection (bought on the […]

Humor och dödligt allvar, jaguarer, brorsor, hundar och det stora världsalltet. Ulf Starks författarskap täcker in hela livet. I den här fantastiska sagosamlingen kan du njuta av Ulf Starks mest älskade bilderboksberättelser. Illustrerade av flera av vår tids framstående illustratörer: Linda Bondestam, Eva Eriksson, Lotta Geffenblad, Anna Höglund, Mati Lepp, Charlotte Ramel och Stina Wirsén. […]

En stickbok som inte liknar någon annan! Lär dig och inspireras av danska stickdrottningen Lærke Bagger: här finns inga prydliga plagg utan fokus är på det vilda, personliga och uppseendeväckande. Genom användningen av restgarner vill Bagger uppdatera vår uppfattning om vad handstickat är. Inga garnkvaliteter är sämre än andra, alla är lika välkomna. Här får […]

The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardcover edition. At the end of 1994, musician, producer and artist Brian Eno resolved to keep a diary. His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and galleries fell through quickly. What he did […]

What do we think about when we think about football? Football is about so many things: memory, history, place, social class, gender (especially masculinity, but increasingly femininity too), family identity, tribal identity, national identity, the nature of groups. It is essentially collaborative, even socialist, yet it exists in a sump of greed, corruption, capitalism and […]

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 ‘Punchy, funny and invigorating … Pinker is the high priest of rationalism’ Sunday Times ‘If you’ve ever considered taking drugs to make yourself smarter, read Rationality instead. It’s cheaper, more entertaining, and more effective’ Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding – […]