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Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now
Books

Jews and Muslims’ connected history goes beyond Gaza. It’s a story that needs to be told right now

Muslims and Jews have engaged one another, sometimes for better, sometimes as partners, for over 1,400 years

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  
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Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  

Five novels that explore the theme of home and returning

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
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Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination

Gabriel Tallent combines visceral writing about climbing and a perceptive portrait of friendship in his new novel, getting under the skin of a platonic relationship formed by rock climbing

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale
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Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
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My plan for the future is to die on a weekend

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Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
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Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan

May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past
Fiction

May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past

Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage
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Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage

British Book Awards: Ruth Jones, Charles Mackesy and Mick Herron among Author of the Year nominees
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British Book Awards: Ruth Jones, Charles Mackesy and Mick Herron among Author of the Year nominees

Top 5 magical books for kids, chosen by teacher-turned-author Paula Harrison
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Top 5 magical books for kids, chosen by teacher-turned-author Paula Harrison

Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 
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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 

What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
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What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?

Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
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Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
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The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures

Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 
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Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 

Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
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Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
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Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
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The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
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Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?
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Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  
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Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  

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Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
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Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: ‘It’s a great act of love to look at a book with your child’
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Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: ‘It’s a great act of love to look at a book with your child’

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV
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Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
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John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography