Architects and planners developed a new ideal for living in postwar Britain, but the dream died amid corruption, incompetence and cheapness, John Grindrod tells Little Atoms

Taking a different turn opens up a new world for a Belfast writer

Josh Cohen's The Incurious Rabbit was a runner-up in the 2015 Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize. The biennial prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished essay between 2,000 and 8,000 words in the English language on any subject. The winning entry is awarded £20,000, with five runners-up each awarded £1,000. Some have described the Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize as the richest pound per word prize for non-fiction in the world.

Britain is gripped by clown fever. But these spooky stories go a long way back

Revisiting Patrick Hamilton's 20th century classic

Islamic State's absolutism has antecedents in 20th Century communism and fascism