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A collection of the Boomtown Rats singer’s lyrics is oddly edited with relatively little commentary from the man himself
A collection of the Boomtown Rats singer’s lyrics is oddly edited with relatively little commentary from the man himself
Andrew Gimson profiles the men who have taken charge of what one called the ‘lonesomest’ place in the world
This collection of Paul Krugman’s columns will be useful for economics students, but other readers might be put off by the relentlessly angry tone of the writing
The French superstar economist has many ideas about inequality in society and how capital should be shared fairly, but we might all profit if he would get to the point
Guardian journalists argue that Tory austerity and stagnation have cost Britain ten full years of wasted potential
It’s almost 60 years since he was fired from the Beatles, but the former drummer has long since come to terms with his past
The former Speaker of the House of Commons has written a smug, long-winded and ultimately tedious memoir
Adam Rutherford uses science to demolish the argument that skin colour can define a person’s characteristics or intelligence
Biography: University of Ulster academic Richard Bradford argues that the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four would find much to recognise in today’s politics
Biography: Colum Kenny has produced an intelligent and wide-ranging biography of a character that still divides opinion
Politics: A recounting of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is unable to recapture the excitement and optimism of the time
Memoir: Will Self chooses to focus on his drug addiction in a meandering and unimpressive autobiography
Andrew Lynch delivers his guide to the best non-fiction offerings of 2019 in the genres of history, politics, sport and memoir
From Beirut to Berlin, Trevor McDonald has seen it all in a long and storied career as a newsman – but covering the Troubles was an experience like no other, he tells Andrew Lynch