Memoir
This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
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
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
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
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
Freaks Out! by Luke Haines review – a righteous celebration of gloriously weird rock ‘n’ rollers
Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture
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
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
Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores
The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight
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: the best new books to light up the longer nights
How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system
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
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
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
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’
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