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Japan: From Iron Maiden to Iron Lady
A country of 'feminisms'. And its bestselling crime novelist looks at the gender underbelly
Oct 27
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
3
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Gold's new highs have a downside
Why the yellow metal has been desirable for 7,000 years. And why it may be time to stop
Oct 20
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
4
A minor war over the Nobel Peace Prize
A jurist argues for its original intent. And laureate Elie Wiesel's first novel
Oct 12
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
3
Gen Z takes anime activism worldwide
Decoding an idealistic tribe of digital natives. And a bodice-ripper for 'dreamers'
Oct 2
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
3
1
September 2025
Play like a girl
An Aussie rugby star's manifesto. The life in cricket of a woman in Taliban-ruled Kabul
Sep 26
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
2
New US franchise has no golden arches
A novel about the descent into totalitarianism. And a history of the new right's ideas
Sep 17
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
6
Size matters: How big is your dam?
An account of these Great Pyramids of our times. And a novel on the havoc they cause
Sep 10
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
4
1
August 2025
Burning Man. Out of Africa. And neighbours from hell
Your round-up of books relevant to the big news stories of August
Aug 31
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
5
2
Tossing tomatoes in a world of weird fests
A no-frills account. Meditations on happiness. And a modernist classic
Aug 26
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
5
2
Out of Africa...with hope
We hear from South Korea's 'man in Africa'. And rebirth in bloodied Sierra Leone
Aug 21
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
4
India and Pakistan: Brotherly love lost
EXCLUSIVE: As both countries mark their birthdays, two authors write for us about the growing distance between the neighbours
Aug 13
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Shueyb Gandapur
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Rajiv Dogra
4
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Trump plays healer to Armenia, Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh basics, an account from boomtown Baku and a Turkish taboo
Aug 7
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
6
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