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I’ve written a Jane Austen spinoff for my 80th birthday. Help me sell a million copies
John Bird

I’ve written a Jane Austen spinoff for my 80th birthday. Help me sell a million copies

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction
Books

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts
Crafts

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts

Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’
Letter To My Younger Self

Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’

Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Books

Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Whatever happened to punk?
Punk

Whatever happened to punk?

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
Books

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
Books

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

Why most of your memories are probably not even real
Life

Why most of your memories are probably not even real

You get a good class of conversation in the back of a Glasgow taxi
Robin Ince

You get a good class of conversation in the back of a Glasgow taxi

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’
Film

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
Lucy Webster

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
Books

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money

168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga
Books

168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
Music

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
Books

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major

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Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
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Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory

100,000 Birthdays by Cynthia Rogerson review – as fun as it is profound
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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
Books

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
Books

Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca