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Vlatko Vedral on The Quantification of Everything

The professor of quantum information theory at Oxford tells us about books that successfully popularise quantum physics and the science of complex systems. Look, no equations!Read full interview

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Scott Turow on Legal Novels

The author tells us about his favourite novels with legal themes and the issues of justice, morality and human mess they bring to lightRead full interview

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David Edmonds on Ethical Problems

Given the choice between allowing five people to die, and killing one person, what would you do? What is the utilitarian argument for vegetarianism? Should we be able to sell our kidneys? The...

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Richard Baum on Obstacles to Political Reform in China

The late China specialist and UCLA professor said sometimes he felt genuine admiration for China’s technocratic leaders. Other days he shook his head at their obsessive intransigence and China's...

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Randall Grahm on Wine

Image by ColbyOtero.com on FlickrThe Californian winemaker gives us a fabulously eclectic reading list for understanding and enjoying the world of wineRead full interview

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Anatole Kaletsky on A New Capitalism

Stéfan on FlickrWe need to build an entirely new market system, not just patch up the old one, says the economics commentator, who discusses the long-term fallout of the financial crisis and possible...

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Catherine S Manegold on Narrative Non-Fiction

The author and former New York Times reporter says that some of the very best writing today is non-fiction — and that seductive narratives can yank readers into the most diverse range of subjectsRead...

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Edith Grossman on Translation

The award-winning literary translator discusses books on and of translation that inspired her, and considers the trade-off between fidelity and meaning that every translator facesRead full interview

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Giles Coren on Food Writing

The London Times award-winning food columnist takes an irreverent look at the world of food writing, from restaurant critics to celebrity chefsRead full interview

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Alex Ross on Writing about Music

Image by Ferrari + caballos + fuerza = cerebro Humano  on Flickr"People who care deeply about music want someone out there doing the work of listening to this vast quantity of new music and singling...

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Tyler Cowen on Information

A conversation with the economist, educator, omnivore, polymath and co-founder of Marginal Revolution, highlighting books about decentralised information, mass collaboration and spontaneous orderRead...

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Joe Posnanski on Baseball

A conversation with the Sports Illustrated columnist, widely acclaimed as one of America's finest sports writers, in which he discusses five great books about baseballRead full interview

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Calvin Trillin, on Memoirs

"I always thought when I started writing memoir that I was at a hideous disadvantage because, well, I wouldn’t want to admit this in New York, or in more sophisticated circles, I actually had a happy...

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Andy Borowitz on Comic Writing

"Mark Twain would have been great at Twitter. But he might never have gotten around to writing Huckleberry Finn. Maybe that's what Twitter is doing to comedy — diverting our attention from longer forms...

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Harold Bloom on Literary Criticism

"I maintain canonical standards for the study and appreciation of literature. I practice philology and knowledge of the history of language. I do not give in to political considerations, however they...

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Armistead Maupin, on San Francisco

Image by Postcard Farm on FlickrThe author of Tales of the City talks about San Francisco’s spirit of place, and the books which capture it. "We are free to be flaky here. Even our billionaires are...

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Hari Kunzru on the American Desert

The novelist explains his fascination with the Mojave desert, and how it came to inspire his most recent novel, Gods Without MenRead full interview

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Bruce Schneier, on Trust

"I have to trust my cloud providers. I have to trust that Facebook won't misuse the personal information it knows about me. I have to trust that my data won't get shipped off to a server in a foreign...

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Francis Spufford on Soviet Russia

One of the hardest things for us to remember about Stalinism is that, as well as being a system of horrors, it also represented modernity, and social mobility, and opportunity for lots of people.Read...

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Alain de Botton, on Essays

"Essays are about brevity and also personality, a feeling that you're being taken on an intellectual or emotional journey by a particular person who you get to know along the way. Essays root ideas in...

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