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Deliver Me by Elle Nash review – transgressive thrills
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Deliver Me by Elle Nash review – transgressive thrills

Freakslaw by Jane Flett review – dark comedy set on the edge of the mainstream
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Freakslaw by Jane Flett review – dark comedy set on the edge of the mainstream

From stars of children’s books to the best in crime writing: Here’s the best UK book festivals in 2024
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From stars of children’s books to the best in crime writing: Here’s the best UK book festivals in 2024

‘The threat to our rights’: Women share what keeps them awake at night in honour of Ulysses’ Molly Bloom
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‘The threat to our rights’: Women share what keeps them awake at night in honour of Ulysses’ Molly Bloom

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
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‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?

How books can help children understand the crushing challenges of poverty
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How books can help children understand the crushing challenges of poverty

Top 5 empowering teen novels, chosen by YA author Rebecca Westcott
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Top 5 empowering teen novels, chosen by YA author Rebecca Westcott

All Fours by Miranda July review – a shockingly original voice and a story for our times
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All Fours by Miranda July review – a shockingly original voice and a story for our times

Author Alexander McCall Smith: ‘At 16 I took myself terrifically seriously. And no one else did’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Alexander McCall Smith: ‘At 16 I took myself terrifically seriously. And no one else did’

Nero was emperor of Rome at just 16. Which of us would have done better?
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Nero was emperor of Rome at just 16. Which of us would have done better?

MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries
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MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan review – this literary quest is a transformative experience
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Question 7 by Richard Flanagan review – this literary quest is a transformative experience

Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age
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Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age

Prospect Cottage: See inside artist Derek Jarman’s seaside home for the first time
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Prospect Cottage: See inside artist Derek Jarman’s seaside home for the first time

Top 5 books about the Troubles, chosen by bestselling author Henry Hemming 
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Top 5 books about the Troubles, chosen by bestselling author Henry Hemming 

Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter review – art imitating life in a war of egos  
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Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter review – art imitating life in a war of egos  

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I wouldn’t exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos
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I wouldn’t exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos

Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
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Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts
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Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts

Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island
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Clear by Carys Davies review – a wonderful, poetic reminder that no man is an island