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Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative
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Review

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family
Blake Morrison close up to the camera
Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes
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Mythology

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
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Rail journeys

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – the politics of food
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Books

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – the politics of food

Pioneering supermodel with Down's syndrome Ellie Goldstein shares her most empowering life lessons
Ellie Goldstein - first supermodel with Down's syndrome - smiling with her head on one side
Interview

Pioneering supermodel with Down's syndrome Ellie Goldstein shares her most empowering life lessons

Globe making is a dying skill, but I'm keeping the tradition going
Peter Bellerby, the founder of Bellerby & Co, the world's only truly bespoke globe makers
Craftspeople

Globe making is a dying skill, but I'm keeping the tradition going

Author Anna Funder on George Orwell's sexuality and society's serious problem with successful women
Illustration of George Orwell and Eileen Shaughnessy
Interview

Author Anna Funder on George Orwell's sexuality and society's serious problem with successful women

Life-changing prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
Sign saying refugees are human beings
Books

Life-changing prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new
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Literature

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new

Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon
Albert Einstein in black and white
recommended

Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast
Lazy City by Rachel Connolly book cover
Review

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright book cover
family chronicle

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle

'When you read Maigret you feel good. You make peace with that unsettling aspect of humanity'
Gérard Depardieu in Maigret
Interview

'When you read Maigret you feel good. You make peace with that unsettling aspect of humanity'

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah looks into the camera with his hands on his face
Interview

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi
Cover of The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord
first contact

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life
Illustration of a man next to a lake
Nature

What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times
Illustration of hobbits in Middle-earth
Analysis

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times

Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn
A book of translation, a daisy and a key
Women in translation

Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn

Bridge by Lauren Beukes review: Multiverse thriller by The Shining Girls author delivers
multiverse

Bridge by Lauren Beukes review: Multiverse thriller by The Shining Girls author delivers

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