Mass-scale housebuilding isn’t necessary – there is already enough housing stock. But we need to learn the wisdom of the last century when it comes to landlordism

The Japanese model turned avant-garde author wrote unique short stories and lived a troubled, short life. Was she ahead of her time?

Housing barrister Nick Bano ended up writing a book called Against Landlords in his search for a solution to the housing crisis. Here's why.

‘I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I could breathe, reign, and recreate myself when destroyed by living.’ Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5...

If Silicon Valley CEOs were all exceptional, you’d expect the industry itself to be unique in its success and durability. It’s not.

Hit Parade of Tears; Cold Nights of Childhood; The Private Lives of Trees; Love Me Tender; The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody

Our houses are packed with useful gadgets – so why do we still spend so much time on chores?

Housing Lawyer and author Nick Bano came by JOE Towers to chat about his new book Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis which is out now.In this...

Fresh Japanese novels and short stories to add to your reading list this year. Including releases by Yasunari Kawabata, Osamu Dazai, Mieko Kanai and more.

Once, Dorling was viewed as a radical. Now his writing on inequality simply seems prescient. He discusses poverty, politics, and how we reached such a parlous state

PAUL DONOVAN appreciates a candid analysis of the the inequality of today’s UK

The second English-language publication of Izumi Suzuki’s short stories delves deeper into the politics of feeling and the future’s dark underbelly.    In my last year at primary school, I remember...

It pays to be a girl on the internet. Alongside Tradwives and NPC streamers, there are stay-at-home girlfriends online shopping, girls lip-synching to Kaliii’s Area Codes, and girls searching for...

A Brazilian story of sisters battling with patriarchy and rural poverty

In an inspired work of applied utopianism, the (co-)authors of Xenofeminism and Inventing the Future seek to expand the horizons of a world without labour. It all sounds eminently sensible to Enrico...

Listen to this episode from Damian Barr's Literary Salon on Spotify. Deep in Brazil's neglected Bahia hinterland, two sisters find an ancient knife beneath their grandmother's bed and, momentarily...

The abolition of landlordism is not only desirable, but achievable – and desperately necessary, writes Sean Bell.

Longlisted for the FT Schroders Business Book of the Year Award 2023 - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GQ, Los Angeles Times, WiredWherever you look, money is being re- placed by tokens. Digital platforms...

New fiction from Brazil, Angola, Hong Kong, Finland and France

"We came to Britain in search of better opportunities or to get some of the wealth which had been misappropriated from the Caribbean, but what in reality did we find?"Speak Out brings together the...

Years ago I came across a children’s book called You Will Go to the Moon. It was first published in 1959 by Mae and Ira Freeman, ten years before the first moon landing. The book predicts a future …

From new fiction by Isabel Allende to the first Bulgarian novel to win the Man Booker International, the frieze team recommend new favourites and future classics