
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world
A journalist charts the progress of AI pioneer Demis Hassabis from child chess prodigy to Nobel prize winner
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‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down
When I found out my father had been adopted, I was curious to know more about his side of the family. Nothing could have prepared me for what I would discover …
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‘Trump’s not enough. And he knows he’s not enough’: California governor Gavin Newsom on populism, ‘purity tests’ and whether he’ll run for the presidency
He’s the Democratic politician with movie-star looks and a picture-perfect family, dogged by accusations of being a smooth‑talking elitist. Can he really unite the American left and win the most powerful office in the world?
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‘I could see myself stepping into that void’: Gavin Newsom on fighting Trump and running in 2028 – podcast
This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the California governor, Gavin Newsom, about why he thinks the Democratics lost so decisively to Donald Trump in 2024, why the party need to be less judgmental, and whether he intends to run for president in 2028
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Gisèle Pelicot describes shock of seeing herself like ‘a rag doll’ in memoir
Pelicot writes of ‘brain stopping working’ when police told her of crimes of man she shared her life with for 50 years
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‘What the hell happened’ to Tucker Carlson? A new book tries to find out
Hated by All the Right People is the first book to reckon critically with arguably the most dangerous media personality of the Trump age
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Biography aims to fill gaps in story of ultra-libertarian Telegram founder Pavel Durov
Like many of his US counterparts, the Russian science protege turned hugely successful ‘digital populist’ has a deep suspicion of government constraint
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From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times
Writers, activists and politicians on the books they turn to for wisdom and perspective – and to restore their faith in human nature
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American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi review – insufferable filler that sidesteps the real issues
The reporter’s affair with Robert F Kennedy Jr raised a whole host of questions, few of which get answers in this pretentious memoir
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The best music books of 2025
From an enraging indictment of Spotify to Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie’s account of Parkinson’s and a compelling biography of Tupac Shakur, here are five titles that strike a chord
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