Books
This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
In her book, The View From Down Here, Lucy Webster argues that for disabled women, there is an additional battle to be seen as women at all. In this extract, she looks at the role of desexualisation in this denial of gender identity
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
A book for people who believe virtually everything they read
168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga
168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga
James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire really get inside these songs. It will inspire you to re-listen and re-evaluate
How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard
This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard
Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
100,000 Birthdays by Cynthia Rogerson review – as fun as it is profound
100,000 Birthdays by Cynthia Rogerson review – as fun as it is profound
I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca
Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca
Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog
Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog
The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects
The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects
Britain’s mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too
Britain’s mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too
Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene
Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene
‘There’s a strong anti-Bond theme’: How John le Carré revolutionised the spy novel
‘There’s a strong anti-Bond theme’: How John le Carré revolutionised the spy novel
I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor
Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor
‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time
Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time
What does Keir Starmer’s personality type tell us about him?
What does Keir Starmer’s personality type tell us about him?
Living with Tourette’s syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny
Living with Tourette’s syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny
Top 5 seafaring books, chosen by award-winning writer Carolyn Kirby
Top 5 seafaring books, chosen by award-winning writer Carolyn Kirby
Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom
