It’s the centenary of the birth of Iris Murdoch, the novelist-philosopher who dominated the literary pages for much of the twentieth century. Where do we stand on her now? Michael Caines and Frances Wilson discuss; This was the week that the US women’s football team won the World Cup. Devoney Looser, the roller derby queen of academia, enjoys “a brief opportunity to revel in America’s better strengths”.
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Best of 2021
BONUS: Sarah Hall and Sarah Moss – an interview
This Is Magic
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George Orwell and his Roses and a History of Self-Improvement
Books of the Year 2021
The Mythic Town of Concord and the Magic of the Lighted Window
The Booker-winner and the Beatle
Wild Lives
Doom, Faith and Sabotage
Radical Turns
The Autumn Livres
E.M. Forster's Happy Solution
When the Flawed Succeed
Survival of the Wittiest
Sad and Twisted Stories
Greatest Hits
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