The indictments against King George in the Declaration of Independence could just as easily be applied to Trump
The list of American politicians charged with or convicted of criminal wrongdoing is long and lurid
Sarah Churchwell homes in on ‘Gone With the Wind’ to unpick the romanticised history of the South, segregation and civil war
A history of political slogans reveals much about US sensibilities in the age of Trump
Plus: Complicité’s Simon McBurney
As robots take over routine jobs, we need people who can think creatively
Many are saying that a great democratic experiment has come crashing to an end
UK is sleepwalking towards a populist future it does not truly want, writes Sarah Churchwell
‘Game of Thrones’ author George RR Martin’s deadline dilemma is a familiar one, writes Sarah Churchwell
The towering ego, serrated wit and prodigious literary output of Gore Vidal pose a formidable challenge for biographers: how to compete?
At the F Scott Fitzgerald Society’s conference, the US literature professor learns it can be worth hanging out with academics
Sarah Churchwell goes in search of the inspiration for F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece
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