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Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill
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Top 5 Books

Top 5 books about wizards and witchcraft, chosen by Malcolm Gaskill

Destruction of the Amazon: 'Let people know what is happening. Shout it loud'
Red Road Green
Books

Destruction of the Amazon: 'Let people know what is happening. Shout it loud'

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
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Book reviews

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home

Why I mapped the whole of Scotland by hand
Atlas of Scotland
Books

Why I mapped the whole of Scotland by hand

Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House
Night time Tokyo
Book reviews

Book reviews: Three Assassins and Devil House

Aidan Turner: 'It does feel like there is change happening'
Aidan Turner
TV

Aidan Turner: 'It does feel like there is change happening'

Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?
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Books

Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?

Martin Compston on Arctic Monkeys: 'There are no egos'
Alex Turner and Martin Compston
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Martin Compston on Arctic Monkeys: 'There are no egos'

Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Music

Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz

Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly
dark streets of Glasgow
Book reviews

Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy
Illustration: Sunak and Truss whackamole
Books

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields
Witches and spell book
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields

Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Piano player
Book reviews

Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely

Sharon Horgan: 'Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing'
Sharon Horgan
Letter to my Younger Self

Sharon Horgan: 'Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing'

Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city
Berlin cityscape
Books

Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city

EIFF highlights: From naked New Zealanders to Korean car chases
Naked hitchhikers in Nude Tuesday
Film

EIFF highlights: From naked New Zealanders to Korean car chases

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20
Milwaukee skyline
Books

All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20

The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby
Book reviews

The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: 'The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn't it?'
TV

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: 'The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn't it?'

Top 5 books about bands of boys, chosen by Jason Roche
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books about bands of boys, chosen by Jason Roche