Books

Top 5 romcoms with cons, chosen by PJ Ellis
Fiction

Top 5 romcoms with cons, chosen by PJ Ellis

Shy review: Max Porter’s spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity
Fiction

Shy review: Max Porter’s spectacular novel unpacks teen attitudes to masculinity

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review: A luminous reflection on the difficulties of language
Fiction

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review: A luminous reflection on the difficulties of language

I couldn’t find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one
Black British fiction

I couldn’t find a book with a Black British romantic heroine, so I wrote one

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains
In memoriam

Robin Ince: My Dad is gone, but our shared love of books remains

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
recommended

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani

What can human creators learn from grasses, the ‘sleeping beauties’ of our natural world?
Evolution

What can human creators learn from grasses, the ‘sleeping beauties’ of our natural world?

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured
review

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future ‘impeccably depicted’
Dystopian fiction

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future ‘impeccably depicted’

I thought Noël Coward was dated. How wrong I was
Biography

I thought Noël Coward was dated. How wrong I was

Death Watch review: Killer timepieces and the emptiness of consumerism
Dark satire

Death Watch review: Killer timepieces and the emptiness of consumerism

International Transgender Day of Visibility: Top 5 books by trans feminine authors
Trans women

International Transgender Day of Visibility: Top 5 books by trans feminine authors

How the Twist ignited Cambodia’s musical golden age
Music

How the Twist ignited Cambodia’s musical golden age

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson
Migration

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson

Bookshops help us understand humanity’s complexities
Robin Ince

Bookshops help us understand humanity’s complexities

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: ‘Nothing like you’ll expect’
Reading list

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: ‘Nothing like you’ll expect’

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Why goth captures the spirit of our age
subculture

Why goth captures the spirit of our age

Enid Blyton’s racism doesn’t deserve to be in libraries. Read Terry Pratchett instead
literature

Enid Blyton’s racism doesn’t deserve to be in libraries. Read Terry Pratchett instead

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War
first person

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
recommended

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett