Books
Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’
Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: ‘Reading really is a superpower’
The music icon is supporting The Reading Agency’s Quick Reads programme in an effort to boost adult literacy
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Top Stories
Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us
Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in
Reviews
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – frank, funny and wise
A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – frank, funny and wise
Top 5 books
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Top 5 graphic novels, chosen by author and illustrator Beccy Blake
Top 5 graphic novels, chosen by author and illustrator Beccy Blake
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Author essays
Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Microchimerism challenges traditional thinking, disrupts our vision of ourselves and complicates our genetic ties
40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
