A book should wear its talent on its (jacket) sleeve
Good titles are hard to find but they make all the difference, writes Emma Brockes.
Hand to Mouth: The brutal truth about being poor in the US
Poverty means bad jobs, credit and housing. But even worse is the assumption you aren’t trying hard enough, as Linda Tirado’s angry memoir proves.
Sleeping at work now has a name
Napping cops have inspired an addition to the workplace lexicon, the term "cooping".
Zero Dark Thirty: Counting the human cost
Kathryn Bigelow, director of Zero Dark Thirty, which some say endorses torture, defends her movie.
The Hoff takes chest hair and cheesiness to new heights
The ‘Baywatch’ and ‘Knight Rider’ star talks frankly about how he has come to terms with the semi-ironic fame he achieved in the past decade.
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‘For me, all writing is a process of discovery’
Nadine Gordimer speaks to Emma Brockes
about the urge to write, what will happen
when Mandela dies, and being a white African.
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Life’s indivisible explosions
Marilynne Robinson, who has just won the Orange Prize, shuns big clichéd adventures and chooses to focus on the small, quiet dramas.
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‘What happens in war happens’
Photographs of Abu Ghraib abuses shocked the world. Seven were charged, but the face of the scandal will always be Lynndie England.
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Nelson and Naomi
Naomi Campbell refers to Nelson Mandela, as is the custom among famous young women who have met him at least twice, as ”granddad”. Emma Brockes talks to Ms Campbell, currently in South Africa for the birthday of an old friend.
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The flipside of funny
Emma Brockes delves into the dark side of legendary director, actor and writer Woody Allen.
