How 33 Chilean miners survived — and what happened nextAfter their liberation, there was fame, gifts and trips. Soon many returned to the mines.
Mapping out the life of explorer Peter PondBook review: Barry Gough’s ’The Elusive Mr. Pond: The Solider, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest’
One man’s uphill climb to conquer le françaisBook review: William Alexander’s ’Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me & Nearly Broke My Heart’
Remembering the sad, odd, writerly life of Roberto BolañoBook review: Mónica Maristain’s ’Bolano: A Biography in Conversations’
Remembering the First World War with satire, rather than solemnityThe Bodleian Library’s treasures reveal that mockery was a potent British wartime weapon
’Style is morality’: Martin Amis returns to AuschwitzBook review: Martin Amis’s ’The Zone of Interest’
The many tailored lives of Coco ChanelBook review: ’Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of history’
Moving the needle: The past and the politics of vaccinationA review of Eula Biss’s ’On Immunity,’ which tackles the history of anti-vaccination movements
How Star Wars escaped its creatorBook review: Chris Taylor’s ’How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise’
A deadly new collection of short storiesBook review: Hilary Mantel’s ’The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher and Other Stories’