Four experts give their view at a British Academy debate

Smith goes back to the world of "White Teeth" in her most mature novel yet

Gray speaks to Prospect's Arts and Books Editor Sameer Rahim about her new book

©Norwich Science Festival Norwich Science Festival Various sites in Norwich, 18th to 30th October At the first ever science festival in Norwich, Robert Winston discusses the new advances...

The Ethical Carnivore by Louise Gray (Bloomsbury, £16.99) Eating meat raises huge environmental, ethical and health issues. It is also a natural pleasure with important cultural resonances:...

A powerful new play questions whether our well-meaning desire to help war-torn nations is futile

Far and Away: Essays from the Brink of Change by Andrew Solomon (Chatto & Windus, £14.99) Andrew Solomon, the author of superb books on depression and parenting, began his career as a...

The author speaks to Sameer Rahim, Prospect’s Arts and Books Editor

Twelve years ago Philip Roth wrote a counter-factual novel in which an extreme right-wing populist wins the presidency. It seems less fanciful by the day

The historian speaks to Prospect's Arts and Books Editor Sameer Rahim