Books
Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He’s back to tell the story 30 years on
Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He’s back to tell the story 30 years on
For Trainspotting’s 30th anniversary Blamire is curating a star-filled exhibition, Trainspotters #T30
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Pham’s debut novel follows an artist who abandons painting after an experience with a manipulative professor
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
In these gorgeously bizarre tales, the past wriggles gleefully into the present
Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?
Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?
Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell
Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell
Get your copy of Big Issue’s brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback
Get your copy of Big Issue’s brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback
Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV
Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children’s TV
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’
Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting’
Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’
Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in
Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us
Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us
H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: ‘I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself’
H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: ‘I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself’
Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
Paddington’s enduring appeal speaks to the nostalgia he brings out in all of us
