Books
The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling

The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling
Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds

Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative
Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family
Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes
Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
Pioneering supermodel with Down’s syndrome Ellie Goldstein shares her most empowering life lessons

Pioneering supermodel with Down’s syndrome Ellie Goldstein shares her most empowering life lessons
Globe making is a dying skill, but I’m keeping the tradition going

Globe making is a dying skill, but I’m keeping the tradition going
Author Anna Funder on George Orwell’s sexuality and society’s serious problem with successful women

Author Anna Funder on George Orwell’s sexuality and society’s serious problem with successful women
Life-changing prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

Life-changing prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new
Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon

Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon
Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Black Lives Matter transformed the world’

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Black Lives Matter transformed the world’
The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi
What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life
