An uncharitable reflection on the canon of J. M. Coetzee might conclude that it reached its high point with Disgrace, a bleakly arresting account of heart-struck South African life.
Each week, the cover of The TLS features beautiful, striking imagery or one of Ella Baron's razor-sharp cartoons. "Beyond the burqa" was published on January 10, 2020 to accompany Sanam Maher on the complexity of female Muslim identity.