The Genius MythThe tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor. You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate. Taking us from the Renaissance Florence of Leonardo da Vinci to the Floridian rocket launches of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Helen Lewis unravels a word that we all use without really questioning what it means. Along the

In rich slices of Italian life

in our age of intensifying climate change

some 500 gardens

In his own words

Yunho falls desperately in love

has come to be recognised as a classic

has had years of observing her French friends and neighbours

bridges celebrate the possibility of connection

It shows how

we follow Santa and his reindeer on their busiest night of the year

and fight for her right to rule

written by his daughter