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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

Morgan suggests that while comfort reading has its place, we should instead be getting comfortable with discomfort in our reading

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

Part-fictional memoir, part-philosophical musing and part-ode to the universe and all the life it contains

Film Club review – a well-observed, quirky family sitcom with heart
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Film Club review – a well-observed, quirky family sitcom with heart

Aimee Lou Wood and Ralph Davis’s quirky sitcom is at its best when it focuses on family life  

The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans
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The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog
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Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog

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The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects
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The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
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Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story
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Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story

The Colonel and The King by Peter Guralnick review – behind the myth of Elvis and his manager
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The Colonel and The King by Peter Guralnick review – behind the myth of Elvis and his manager

Why ‘noodle dramas’ like The Guest are just as enjoyable as ‘caviar dramas’ like Slow Horses
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Why ‘noodle dramas’ like The Guest are just as enjoyable as ‘caviar dramas’ like Slow Horses

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom
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Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk review – mushrooming magic
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House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk review – mushrooming magic

Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson is an ice cool, unlikely hero
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Dead of Winter review – Emma Thompson is an ice cool, unlikely hero

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite review – an understated family saga
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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite review – an understated family saga

Ruth by Kate Riley review – a refreshing new author to watch
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Ruth by Kate Riley review – a refreshing new author to watch

The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison review – imbued with mystery and the occult
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The Course of the Heart by M John Harrison review – imbued with mystery and the occult

Bless Me Father by Kevin Rowland review – Dexys lynchpin bares his sensitive soul
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Bless Me Father by Kevin Rowland review – Dexys lynchpin bares his sensitive soul

The Golden Spurtle: A porridge-making championship that feeds the soul
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The Golden Spurtle: A porridge-making championship that feeds the soul

Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde review – a radical, gorgeous queer novel
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Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde review – a radical, gorgeous queer novel

Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – connections across the Indian diaspora
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Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal review – connections across the Indian diaspora

The Toxic Avenger review – genuinely pure, if also puerile, artistic intentions at work
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The Toxic Avenger review – genuinely pure, if also puerile, artistic intentions at work

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The Man on the Endless Stair by Chris Barkley review – mind-bending revelations
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The Man on the Endless Stair by Chris Barkley review – mind-bending revelations

Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – mortal reflections from a hospital bed
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Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – mortal reflections from a hospital bed

Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media
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Breaking by Mic Wright review – insider insights into the grubby world of right-wing media

Robert Shaw, An Actor’s Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga
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Robert Shaw, An Actor’s Life on the Set of Jaws… by Christopher Shaw Myers review – a vivid family saga