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                            An interstellar, alien meteor collided with Earth. This is what happened
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        An interstellar, alien meteor collided with Earth. This is what happened
            
                            That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
            
                            Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in
            
                            Top 5 books about poison, chosen by author and biologist Noah Whiteman
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Top 5 books about poison, chosen by author and biologist Noah Whiteman
            
                            From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today
            
                            Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd review – edge-of-your-seat Cold War escapism
            
                            When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
            
                            Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
													    
        
            
        
    
																	
 
        Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels
            
                            Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review –  small-town secrets
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
            
                            Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
            
                            Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'
            
                            Top 5 books about friendship, chosen by author Marianne Cronin
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Top 5 books about friendship, chosen by author Marianne Cronin
            
                            How Dante's grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        How Dante's grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on
            
                            Drifting across Europe in pursuit of my lost, wild twin
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Drifting across Europe in pursuit of my lost, wild twin
            
                            Romeo & Seahorse by Nikolaj Tange Lange review – gayness throbs through vein and artery
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Romeo & Seahorse by Nikolaj Tange Lange review – gayness throbs through vein and artery
            
                            Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico's gritty underbelly, as told by women
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
													 
        Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda review – Mexico's gritty underbelly, as told by women
            
                            It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
            
                            Top 5 stories inspired by stone circles, chosen by YA author Liz Hyder
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        Top 5 stories inspired by stone circles, chosen by YA author Liz Hyder
            
                            The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – learning from our pets
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
																	
 
        The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – learning from our pets
            
                            The Bridge Between Worlds by Gavin Francis review – the importance of connection
                    
    
            
             
        
        
        
                    
															