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Otessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity

Otessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona review: Comic, compelling and pulsing with perversity
Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird

Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird
Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales

Sayaka Murata’s Life Ceremony: A fairly mixed bag of strange and grotesque tales
Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard

Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard
Head trauma: The dark shadow looming at the heart of contact sport

Head trauma: The dark shadow looming at the heart of contact sport
Top 5 funny books for kids, chosen by Anthony Horowitz

Top 5 funny books for kids, chosen by Anthony Horowitz
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe: A clarion call for disenfranchised people
BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future

BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future
Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill

Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill
Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill

Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
Destruction of the Amazon: ‘Let people know what is happening. Shout it loud’

Destruction of the Amazon: ‘Let people know what is happening. Shout it loud’
You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
Aidan Turner: ‘It does feel like there is change happening’

Aidan Turner: ‘It does feel like there is change happening’
Chad Orzel: What happened to history’s missing 10 days?

Chad Orzel: What happened to history’s missing 10 days?
Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz

Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz
Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy
Top 5 books on Scotland’s witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields
