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Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
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Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

Pham’s debut novel follows an artist who abandons painting after an experience with a manipulative professor
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
Review

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
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Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

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Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?
Art

Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  
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Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  

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Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Review

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
Review

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
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John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
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Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace

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Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  
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Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
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Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce

Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
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Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar

Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 
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Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 

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Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Books

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

Interrogation of identity has become a literary fixation in recent years, with authors seeking to disentangle their selfhood from the cultural factors that shaped them
Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 
History

Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Science

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own

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