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Leyla Sanai

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Books / A world full of artifice: Life of M, by Rachel Cusk, reviewed

The twin themes of Rachel Cusk’s latest novel are truth and fame. In fact it’s not quite accurate to call it a ‘novel’: there are two main...

10.09.2026 10

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Stop moaning and do something: the active vs the passive voice

The Jamaican-American poet and essayist Claudia Rankine won a slew of prizes for her book Citizen (2014). Her blend of emotive prose and personal...

10.09.2026 10

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Books / A world full of artifice: Life of M, by Rachel Cusk, reviewed

The twin themes of Rachel Cusk’s latest novel are truth and fame. In fact it’s not quite accurate to call it a ‘novel’: there are two main...

02.09.2026 10

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Books / A world full of artifice: Life of M, by Rachel Cusk, reviewed

The twin themes of Rachel Cusk’s latest novel are truth and fame. In fact it’s not quite accurate to call it a ‘novel’: there are two main...

02.09.2026 20

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Tales of quiet intensity: The News from Dublin, by Colm Tóibín, reviewed

Colm Tóibín is a master of understatement, his work characterized by great emotional intelligence coupled with redoubtable restraint. This is his...

03.04.2026 40

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Moral injury / The doctor who wanted me dead

13.01.2026 50

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Revenge of the invisible woman: Other People’s Fun, by Harriet Lane, reviewed

04.12.2025 30

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Down with freshers

22.10.2025 30

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Unfriended / Do you have a Facebook stalker?

12.08.2025 40

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai

Sun trap / Hot weather is overrated

23.06.2025 40

The Spectator

Leyla Sanai