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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

Lucy Lapinska asks dark questions with a lightness of touch
Banning books is not only wrong – it’s absolutely pointless. Here’s why
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Banning books is not only wrong – it’s absolutely pointless. Here’s why

The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
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The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder

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Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson
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Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson

Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world
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Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
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Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
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Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery

Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression
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Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising a very British class oppression

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
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Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd

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Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson
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Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson

Top 5 thrillers with female leads, chosen by crime author Heidi Perks
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Top 5 thrillers with female leads, chosen by crime author Heidi Perks

Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen
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Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen

Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
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Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding

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The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
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The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder

The Swim follows a woman training to swim the English Channel – more people have conquered Everest
These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
Sci-fi

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons
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How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War’s most important weapons

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