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Alex Hyde
What to read to understand the YBAs
Sat 27 Jun 2026
Courtney Maum
What to read to understand opting out
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Claire Powell
What to read to understand hotel life
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Kate Lister
What to read to understand female sexuality
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Daniel Dylan Wray
What to read to understand music scenes
Sat 23 May 2026
Ana Kinsella
What to read to understand artistic partnerships
Mon 18 May 2026
Robert Macfarlane
What to read to understand birds
Sat 9 May 2026
Nell Frizzell
What to read to understand swimming
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Lucie McKnight Hardy
What to read to understand toxic female friendships
Sun 26 Apr 2026
John Lanchester
What to read to understand privilege
Sat 18 Apr 2026
Sara Wheeler
What to read to understand cities
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Sophie Mackintosh
What to read to understand affairs
Fri 3 Apr 2026
Blake Morrison
What to read to understand memory
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Ruth Michaelson
What to read to understand Iran
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Mark Solms
What to read to understand Freud
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Austin McCoy
What to read to understand hip-hop
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Sean Gilbert
What to read to understand obsession
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Marina Wheeler
What to read to understand Britain and Europe
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Carolina Unzelte
What to read to understand Venezuela
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Alexander Larman
What to read to understand Bowie
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Caitlin O'Kane
What to read to understand wit
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Paula Byrne
What to read to understand Jane Austen
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Christopher Frayling
What to read to understand vampires
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Val McDermid
What to read to understand winter
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Simon Winchester
What to read to understand the weather
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Ann Morgan
What to read to understand quests
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Andrew O’Hagan
What to read to understand friendship
Thu 30 Oct 2025
Naomi Alderman
What to read to understand the information age
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Mary Roach
What to read to understand the body
Sun 19 Oct 2025
William Boyd
What to read to understand espionage
Thu 9 Oct 2025
Andrew Ross Sorkin
What to read to understand Wall Street
Sun 5 Oct 2025
