Blake Morrison

1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Blake Morrison

   Deep into the Sixties: Britain 1965-66 by David Kynaston review – a tour de force of popular history (opens the original)

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   From the Beatles and the World Cup to racism and homophobia, the latest instalment in Kynaston’s series captures a society in the throes of change In February 1965, the civil rights activist Malcolm X visited Smethwick, in the Midlands, where the Conservative-run council was planning to buy up houses to stop the area becoming a “coloured ghetto”. He wanted to see how bad the racism was and he experienced it first-hand when refused service in a pub. White residents thought his visit a “di

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2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Blake Morrison

   Kolkhoz by Emmanuel Carrère review – intricate portrait of an elite French family (opens the original)

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   The author of The Adversary and Yoga unearths a history that includes the Nazis, Russia, and the Académie Française When Emmanuel Carrère’s mother, Hélène, died in 2023, at the age of 94, President Macron spoke at her memorial. She had been “perpetual secretary” of the Académie Française, in effect its head, and 200 people gathered at Les Invalides in Paris to pay tribute. Emmanuel’s father, Louis, was there too, in a wheelchair, only half aware of what was going on. This 400-pa

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