Books

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Fiction

Termush review: A rediscovered dystopian masterpiece

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interview

‘I felt so powerful’: Jen Reid on inspiring the next generation after Bristol protests

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books

Top 5 books by Jamaican writers, chosen by Kereen Getten

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Churches

Faith healing: How churches offer reassurance in tough times

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short stories

This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor review: Tragic happenings become urban legend

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poetry

Patterflash by Adam Lowe review: Acrobatic and winking poems of queer life

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shop local

The UK’s best independent bookshops

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Book festivals 2023

The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023

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Recommended

The best kids’ books for summer 2023

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best reads

Summer books: The hottest fiction to read in 2023

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history

Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II

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History

Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world

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LGBT+

Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer

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Poetry

Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America

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nature

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes

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Berlin

Top 5 books set in Berlin, chosen by Emma Venables

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Problematic art

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?

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Nature

Rescuing doomed orchids turned me into an outlaw

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from the archive

Martin Amis: ‘The past gets bigger but the future shrinks’

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Horror plantlife