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Top 5 spooky books for Halloween, chosen by children’s author Swapna Haddow
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Top 5 spooky books for Halloween, chosen by children’s author Swapna Haddow

Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma
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Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma

Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love
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Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love

Top 5 philosophical books, chosen by novelist Diana Janney
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Top 5 philosophical books, chosen by novelist Diana Janney

Is a genuinely uranium-powered future feasible? What unpicking the atomic mindset can do for us
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Is a genuinely uranium-powered future feasible? What unpicking the atomic mindset can do for us

This is what happened when comedian Dom Joly took a flat Earther to the edge of the world
Conspiracy theories

This is what happened when comedian Dom Joly took a flat Earther to the edge of the world

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror
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A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley
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The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley

Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville review – a vampire story like no other
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Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville review – a vampire story like no other

Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own
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Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own

Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc
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Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc

How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England
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How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England

The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating
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The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating

Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest
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Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest

Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost
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Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost

Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini
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Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini

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The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos
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The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest
Nemonte Nenquimo

Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people’s ignorance to the rainforest

Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg
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Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them
Conservation

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them