Alcidamas condemned slavery in Ancient Greek society, arguing it violates human nature and exposes the artificiality of social hierarchies.

OP-ED. Author Leïla Slimani expresses her current sadness, moral exhaustion and deep discouragement, 'as if we are no longer capable of looking at another human being without first asking them which s...

Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico.

Movie about Nazi-collaborating administration strikes chord during what director calls ‘time of great uncertainty’

#TalkingLocationWith .... Jim Loughran: Sicily The inspiration for novel Syracuse Will Burn Sicily first came onto my radar thirty years ago when a friend

The man who admitted to stealing hundreds of manuscripts swore he’d never do it again. New online skulduggery resembles his old tricks, and then some.

#TalkingLocationWith .... Ben Shepherd, author of Blood Drunk: SOUTH LONDON There are lots of different Londons. My novel, BLOOD DRUNK, starts in a bit of

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and former Columbia graduate student, offers an account of his ordeal and explains why his work continues.

Jim Loughran discusses his journey from human rights advocacy to historical fiction, the inspiration behind his new novel Syracuse Will Burn and the challenges of recreating ancient Greece with Peter ...

The best-selling author Nina Simon recommends mystery novels where blood is thicker than murder.

Jim Loughran discusses his journey from human rights advocacy to historical fiction, the inspiration behind his new novel Syracuse Will Burn and the challenges of recreating ancient Greece with Peter ...

While fascists protest in UK ports and purvey nonsense and poison online, ever fewer people have the perspective or analytical tools to challenge them, says Guardian columnist John Harris

An investigation by 404 Media found that Amazon bought a shipment of rare books so it could scan and destroy them to train AI.

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In “Tower Hill,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar Alan Taylor pulls apart the twisted logic of a Virginia slave owner and his descendants.

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Jonathan Franzen’s 2001 novel was celebrated for its canny portrayal of American life. It’s also a remarkable act of literary creation.

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Authors are being hit by negative reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing to remove reviews.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

'Growing up in hostile environments' (4/7). Based in the Netherlands, Palestinian photographer and filmmaker Sakir Khader has regularly traveled to the Nablus and Jenin regions, which are under Israel...

Sixty years after renouncing modernity, the writer is still contemplating a better way forward.

Like thousands of other Spanish Republicans, José Molina Lopez was cast into an anonymous mass grave and had his memory erased by the narrative imposed by the dictator Franco. Journalist Garance Muñoz...

COLUMN. From Syria to Lebanon, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, the US often behaves much like the Europeans in the same region: They express regret, and no one listens, writes Le Monde columnist Gi...

A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia, novel set in Rome, West Midlands and France. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE SHORTLISED FOR THE

Exploring common threads, sharing meals and just being kind, are some of the ways that they are looking to take on anti-immigrant narratives about who they are, they say.

Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise when someone believes he has wrongly suffered. Here are four writi…

The Visa pour l'Image festival in Perpignan, southern France, is exhibiting journalist Elise Blanchard's photographs from her latest report in the country ruled by the Taliban, where she lived from 20...

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