1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?
Berlin television tower
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1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?

Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount
Latin inscription on a wall at the Vatican
Top 5 books

Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss
Medieval banquet
recommended

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Goddess Kali
review

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'
Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth by Stuart Braithwaite is out now
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Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
A face and a hand obscured by a curtain
short stories

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages

Top 5 books about Jewish identity
Star of David
recommended

Top 5 books about Jewish identity

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
novel

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
The Dark Room illustration
thriller

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film

A Book of Days review: A glimpse into the wonderful world of Patti Smith
A Book of Days by Patti Smith
Review

A Book of Days review: A glimpse into the wonderful world of Patti Smith

Top 5 books by contemporary Northern Irish writers
Belfast
recommended

Top 5 books by contemporary Northern Irish writers

Top 5 books with talking cats, chosen by Judith Robinson and Scott Pack
yawning cat
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Top 5 books with talking cats, chosen by Judith Robinson and Scott Pack

The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds
The Book Of The Most Precious Substance features rare book dealer Lily Albrecht
review

The Book Of The Most Precious Substance review: Glorious supernatural weirdness abounds

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
An Impossible Return: a Novel by Caroline Laurent is set in the Chagos Islands
exile

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands

The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot
Cormac McCarthy
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The Passenger and Stella Maris reviews: Cormac McCarthy duo offer insight but fall short on plot

Top 5 books about China, chosen by Xinran Xue
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about China, chosen by Xinran Xue

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Brian May explains the magic of stereoscopic photography
Brian May
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Brian May explains the magic of stereoscopic photography

X by Davey Davis review: A lesson in depravity to cleanse the soul
Nightclub
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X by Davey Davis review: A lesson in depravity to cleanse the soul

Top 5 books for extra-curious minds
Gregor McGregor
recommended

Top 5 books for extra-curious minds

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations
Vertumnus by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
oddities

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations