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When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
Books

When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 
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Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
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Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Review

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’

Top 5 books about friendship, chosen by author Marianne Cronin
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Top 5 books about friendship, chosen by author Marianne Cronin

How Dante’s grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on
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How Dante’s grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on

Drifting across Europe in pursuit of my lost, wild twin
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Drifting across Europe in pursuit of my lost, wild twin

Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico’s gritty underbelly, as told by women
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Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico’s gritty underbelly, as told by women

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
Literature

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along

Top 5 stories inspired by stone circles, chosen by YA author Liz Hyder
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Top 5 stories inspired by stone circles, chosen by YA author Liz Hyder

The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – learning from our pets
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The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – learning from our pets

The Bridge Between Worlds by Gavin Francis review – the importance of connection
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The Bridge Between Worlds by Gavin Francis review – the importance of connection

Weather forecasts are more important than ever. Here’s the science behind them
Weather

Weather forecasts are more important than ever. Here’s the science behind them

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

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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