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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

Blood Bank explores de l’Horizon’s childhood and their relationship with their grandmother as she descended into dementia
The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 
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Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 

Top Stories

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
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Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major

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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
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Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money

Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory
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Relearning to Read by Ann Morgan review – eye-opening and revelatory

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Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 
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Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
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Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major

Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca
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Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca

Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene
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Top 5 literary dystopias, chosen by award-winning author Matt Greene

Author essays

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Why most of your memories are probably not even real
Life

Why most of your memories are probably not even real

The vast majority of any person’s past will not be found in their memories
How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
Music

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
Books

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside