Andrew Holter interviewed Tom Overton, author of a new biography, “John Berger: From Life,” out from Verso Books. In this fascinating discussion, Overton discusses his friendship with Berger, the biog...

Tom Overton’s lively, intimate biography follows the critic, novelist, artist, activist, and lifelong insurgent through a career that remade the ways we see.

Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

If you love or have ever loved a literary magazine, I bring glad tidings. This week heralds a new appreciation rite for the discerning reader. Happy #LitMagWeek, everyone! #LitMagWeek is the brainc…

Following over four years of ‘no war, no peace’, full-scale fighting has resumed in Yemen. In early September, the Houthis seized the port town of Mokha and Perim Island in a blitzkrieg advance on the...

A look at two original accounts of English eating and drinking habits, why we eat and drink the way we do now with three fantastic authors.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. In this classic book, Rodn...

Capitalism isn’t working. But is there a plausible alternative? The Blueprint lays one out: a system where workers control every lever of production, and competitive markets and state planning coexist...

What happens when an idea born of genuine suffering is weaponized as a tool of social control? Traumatized is the story of how shell shock became PTSD, how Oprah turned pain into profit, and how “auth...

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John Berger (1926–2017) served in Britain’s wartime army before attending art school. The young artist became a critic and broadcaster, cutting a swathe through the staid world of post-war Britain, de...

Andrew Holter interviewed Tom Overton, author of a new biography, “John Berger: From Life,” out from Verso Books. In this fascinating discussion, Overton discusses his friendship with Berger, the biog...

John Berger (1926-2017) was one of the world’s most influential thinkers and writers. As a novelist, he won the Booker and donated half his prize money to the Black Panthers; as a critic, he changed h...

“The bombed elementary school in Iran appears to have become a target thanks to satellite imaging. In this case, what the image represented — and to who — was a matter of life and death.”

“The bombed elementary school in Iran appears to have become a target thanks to satellite imaging. In this case, what the image represented — and to who — was a matter of life and death.”