Society & Culture
This week, novelist William Boyd praises a polyphonic account of a pivotal wartime moment; and Sarah Richmond explores how we may escape ceaseless toil.
‘November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II’, by Peter Englund, translated by Peter Graves
‘Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How Workers Can Take it Back’, by Elizabeth Anderson
‘After Work: A History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time’, by Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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