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Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
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Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled

Foreign Fruit is a deeply thoughtful, funny and moving treatise on identity and the myriad factors that influence it
No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
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No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope

Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
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Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin

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Top 5 secrets-won’t-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks
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Top 5 secrets-won’t-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks

Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
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Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
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Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled

No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
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No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope

Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
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Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate
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Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate

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Top 5 secrets-won’t-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks
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Top 5 secrets-won’t-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks

Top 5 crime novels, chosen by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall
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Top 5 crime novels, chosen by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall

Top 5 books about video games by trailblazing author Jeanne Thornton
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Top 5 books about video games by trailblazing author Jeanne Thornton

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 essays

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Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
Russia

Why Putin’s Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin

In Putin’s Russia, Stalin has been given respect, his achievements as a nation-builder outweighing the mass repressions that have sullied his name
How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation
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How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation

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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