Books

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head
Music

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 
Books

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 

The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
Books

The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction

Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence
Books

Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here’s how to find them
Space

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here’s how to find them

It wasn’t until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline
World Book Day

It wasn’t until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline

Strictly star JB Gill: ‘Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys’
Farming

Strictly star JB Gill: ‘Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys’

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
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Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past

Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here’s why
Climate change

Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here’s why

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Books

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry

Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time
Books

Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time

Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods
Books

Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess
Books

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football
Books

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page
Books

My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel review – searing, angry power on every page

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Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
Books

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror
Books

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea’s trauma and terror

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia
Books

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin’s Russia