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

Han Kang makes clear that only by rousing old pains can important memories remain intact
The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin's Russia
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The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin's Russia

Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like 'failures in love'
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Heartbroken? Blame capitalism. Author Shon Faye on why so many of us feel like 'failures in love'

Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen
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Top 5 Cold War novels, chosen by historian and author Oskar Jensen

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life
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Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico review – anatomy of a fake online life

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives
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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte review – a darkly humorous examination of online lives

Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy
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Why the story of metal is worthy of a Greek tragedy

Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster
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Top 5 crime thrillers, chosen by best-selling author and former detective Neil Lancaster

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth
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Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth

The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story
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The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story

Top 5 YA fantasy adventure books, chosen by children's novelist PM Perry
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Top 5 YA fantasy adventure books, chosen by children's novelist PM Perry

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica
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How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
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Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero
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Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor's final word
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Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor's final word

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there's still lots we can learn from the stars
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We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there's still lots we can learn from the stars

Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim 
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Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim 

'I thought I was going to die': Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world
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'I thought I was going to die': Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires
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Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence
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The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Big Issue vendor André Rostant and Dom Joly in conversation
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Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'
Letter To My Younger Self

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'

Top 5 locked-room mystery books by whodunit author Tom Hindle
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Top 5 locked-room mystery books by whodunit author Tom Hindle

I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
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I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own

We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery
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We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery