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Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma
Street-Level Superstar by Will Hodgkinson review – a touching monument to a cult pop enigma
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love
Top 5 philosophical books, chosen by novelist Diana Janney
Top 5 philosophical books, chosen by novelist Diana Janney
Is a genuinely uranium-powered future feasible? What unpicking the atomic mindset can do for us
Is a genuinely uranium-powered future feasible? What unpicking the atomic mindset can do for us
This is what happened when comedian Dom Joly took a flat Earther to the edge of the world
This is what happened when comedian Dom Joly took a flat Earther to the edge of the world
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley
Top 5 books on wood, trees and forests, chosen by woodworker and writer Callum Robinson
Top 5 books on wood, trees and forests, chosen by woodworker and writer Callum Robinson
Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville review – a vampire story like no other
Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville review – a vampire story like no other
Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own
Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own
Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc
Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc
How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England
How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England
The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating
The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating
Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest
Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest
Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost
Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost
Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini
Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini
The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla review – risk-taking and unsettling speculative fiction
The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla review – risk-taking and unsettling speculative fiction
The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos
The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos
Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest
Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo on a life under threat and people's ignorance to the rainforest
Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg
