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This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
Refugees

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee

A trip to Calais as a young journalist led Aamna Mohdin to a shocking revelation about her early life

The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge
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The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge

The celebrated author’s latest blurs the lines between memoir and essay

Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace
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Heaven by Emerson Whitney review – a memoir with fearsome grace

Whitney flits between memoir and theory to understand their past

Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
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Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley

Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers
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Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers

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Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture
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Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement
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How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair review – a compelling account of the Rastafari movement

Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores
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Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores

The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight
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The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
Autumn reads

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
Memoir

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban

Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system
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Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
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A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
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Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani

Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
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Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
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Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
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What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
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Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
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Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

Jon Ransom’s letter to his 16-year-old self: ‘It’s about to get rough. There’s no way around it’
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Jon Ransom’s letter to his 16-year-old self: ‘It’s about to get rough. There’s no way around it’

Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself
Book reviews

Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself