Books
Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’
Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’
The new Children’s Laureate takes us through the books that lifted her up – and the ones that didn’t
Stephen Mulhern: ‘I genuinely believe that anything is possible’
Stephen Mulhern: ‘I genuinely believe that anything is possible’
How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today
How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today
Top Stories
How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon
How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon
‘Extremism knows no nationality. The UK is not immune to the allure of cults’
‘Extremism knows no nationality. The UK is not immune to the allure of cults’
Reviews
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head
The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan review: a story that aims for the heart and head
The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
The Comfort of Distant Stars by IO Echeruo book review: An unusual coming-of-age story
The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire
The Delusions by Jenny Fagan book review: speaking truth to power with wit and fire
City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling
City Like Water by Dorothy Tse book review: the quiet dissent of a city unravelling
Top 5 books
Top 5 books about lying, chosen by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, poet and author
Top 5 books about lying, chosen by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, poet and author
Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar
Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar
Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey
Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey
Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Author essays
How to embrace your edginess and learn to be exhilarated by the unknown
How to embrace your edginess and learn to be exhilarated by the unknown
Everything happens in the margins, whether in evolution, religion, literature, philosophy, cookery, painting or anything else
I’m a probation officer. It’s a frightening, upsetting, but also moving and hopeful world
I’m a probation officer. It’s a frightening, upsetting, but also moving and hopeful world
The curious story of our public statues and why they end up worshipped, loved, assaulted or ignored
