Americans are taught FDR was the hero of the Great Depression. For one historian, that’s erasure
In a new book, Dana Frank tells stories of the people who ‘made history happen’ through organizing and mutual aid
Christopher Nolan’s next film announced as ‘mythic action epic’ The Odyssey
The Oppenheimer director’s adaptation of Homer is scheduled for release in the summer of 2026, and will feature Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya
Charles Handy obituary
Philosopher and management thinker who coined the phrase ‘portfolio’ career, and believed companies should retain their humanity
Merchant Ivory review – handsome tribute to the masters of refined costume drama
An insightful appreciation of the director/producer team who gave us The Remains of the Day and launched the careers of Hugh Grant and Helena Bonham Carter
Surrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is booming
From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?
HarperCollins to allow tech firms to use its books to train AI models
Some nonfiction backlist titles will be used to train artificial intelligence with authors’ permission
Amazon criticised as Tommy Robinson book tops bestseller chart
Campaign group says site is platforming far-right activist by stocking book, which reached No 1 this week
‘I hope God gives me the strength to make more movies’: Scorsese addresses retirement rumours
Director tells press conference he has ‘more films to make’ after long-planned Frank Sinatra biopic and adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s A Life of Jesus both get delayed
Gladiator rebellions and bread strikes: ancient Rome’s labor unions revealed
In her new book Strike, Sarah Bond explains how Roman workers banded together – much like labor organizing today
Booktopia resumes trading after being sold to owner of online camera store digiDirect
All remaining employees will be retained and 100 new employees will be recruited after the sale of Australia’s largest online bookseller
Britons splash out on get-togethers as events industry toasts summer boom
Venues and companies report rise in bookings, from family bashes and weddings to date nights, book clubs and Dungeons & Dragons
Bookshops will never die. That’s why I bought one on Gumtree five years ago – and we’re still here
Large-scale, algorithmic bookselling will never outlive the necessity of local stores like ours
Australia’s largest online bookseller Booktopia enters voluntary administration
Insolvency advisers are assessing the business while options for its sale or recapitalisation are explored
‘We’re asking a lot of these people’: how fragile is the global supply chain?
A new book looks at how the pandemic highlighted issues with the supply chain and how precarious things still are
Great Britain?: How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell review – a roadmap to the new normal
The economist and Labour candidate for Swansea West offers a hopeful vision of the nation’s future – spurning leftwing utopianism as well as tackling 14 years of creeping decline