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The private sphere is under threat

What makes a novel of ideas?

There’s a good reason to tap into happiness right now, and it’s probably not why you think, writes Jackee Holder

Chatting with a barista in the coffee shop, nodding at that woman you see every day as you walk your dog. Sociologists call this type of connection ‘weak ties’, but their impact is anything but weak, writes Kellie Gillespie Wright.

The Möbius Book Catherine Lacey (Granta, £16.99) ...