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Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
Books

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

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
Libraries Week

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
Review

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
Letter to my Younger Self

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
Mythology

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
Rail journeys

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – the politics of food
Books

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – the politics of food

Globe making is a dying skill, but I’m keeping the tradition going
Craftspeople

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
Interview

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
Books

Life-changing prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new
Literature

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new

Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon
recommended

Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast
Review

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
family chronicle

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle

‘When you read Maigret you feel good. You make peace with that unsettling aspect of humanity’
Interview

‘When you read Maigret you feel good. You make peace with that unsettling aspect of humanity’

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The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi
first contact

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
Nature

What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times
Analysis

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times

Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn
Women in translation

Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn