The Times Literary Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement, commonly referred to as TLS since 1969, is a weekly publication focused on literature. It is based in London and is produced by News UK, which is part of News Corp.

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African religious belief before written history

1 day ago | the-tls.co.uk | Jonathan Egid

Welcome to the TLSTo access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe here
At the Capitol

5 days ago | the-tls.co.uk | Mary Beard

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereThe very last visit during my stay in Washington DC was a tour of the US Capitol. I have been looking at the building from my office window for the last eight months, so when an “art tour” of the interior was arranged by my research centre, I couldn’t say no. There were some really stunning parts to this. My favourite (though it doesn’t quite come out in the picture) was the old Supreme Court Chamber.
A Dead Cat on Your Table by Peter York

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Robert Bevan |Lenni Sanders |James Cook |Lucy Scholes

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe here‘Ground zero for the liberal elite’A guide to various culture war types What a peculiar book this is. Peter York, best known for his cod-anthropological examination of British society’s various snobby tribes, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (1982), has turned his attention to the culture wars.
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Nat Segnit |Joanne Brueton |Nicki Hitchcott |Anna Aslanyan

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereCompassion burnoutEdward St Aubyn’s family drama continuedIt is no bad thing, necessarily, for a novelist to be at his own throat, but in the case of Edward St Aubyn, engaged in a career-long struggle with his own stylistic brilliance, the tensions have not always been productive.
To Smithereens by Rosalyn Drexler

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Lucy Scholes

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First thought, best thought

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Rhoda Feng

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereFirst thought, best thoughtAn essay collection with strict parameters The forty-two essays that Tom McAllister wrote for this book began as an attempt to unshackle himself from social media and its brain-rotting effects. He set strict parameters: one essay for every year he’s been alive, no substantive research, a 1,500-word limit, each draft completed in one sitting.
The Mermaid Chronicles by Megan Dunn

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | James Cook |Lenni Sanders |Lucy Scholes

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereUnderwater portraitsThe elusiveness of professional mermaids“I was staring down the barrel of middle age, and my pockets were empty”, writes Megan Dunn in her illuminating memoir, The Mermaid Chronicles.
When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Nicola Shulman |Stephen Glover |James Robins |Conrad Landin

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe here Behind the velvet rope The former editor of Vanity Fair looks back on an era of excess “Do you know who I am?” This question, when spoken to doormen, waiters, maîtres d’, airline staff, traffic wardens, police officers, receptionists, girls with clipboards at the entrance to social events and any other persons with a remit to restrict our freedom of movement, is a sure sign that the speaker has lost their bearings in the cosmic...
How hidden wealth escapes the rules

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | Kojo Koram |Jonathan Rée |Martin Meredith |Daniel Susskind

To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereCompetition is for losersIn the shadow economy, hidden wealth escapes the rulesIn an essay of 1946, George Orwell reminded readers that “to see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle”. In their complementary new books on the shadow global economy, the journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian and the sociologist Brooke Harrington assist us in this struggle.
The drawings of Victor Hugo at the Royal Academy

1 week ago | the-tls.co.uk | James Hall

"The Town of Vianden, with Stone Cross" by Victor Hugo, 1871 | © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits