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Leading historians share the texts that have inspired and informed their work

Anne Weber Sanderling Translated by Neil Blackadder 240pp. Indigo Press. £14.99. The past is not closed; it reaches into us. “For Germans”, Anne Weber recently said, “it’s like discovering your father

Lola Young Eight Weeks Looking back, moving forwards, defying the odds 336pp. Penguin. Paperback, £10.99. Lola Young has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 2004. She is also an emeri

John P. Murphy New Deal Art 336pp. Thames and Hudson. Paperback, £19.99. Seymour Fogel’s “Wealth of the Nation”, installed in 1942 in a federal building in Washington DC, depicts a group of workers en

As frontman with Mayhem, Tormentor, Sunn O))) and more, Attila Csihar has been the enigma at the heart of extreme metal for 40 years – and he’s seen the best and worst of it

CENTURY MEDIA Scotland’s goat-worshipping speed metal prodigy shows his trve colours