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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 
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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 

Meek gets his finger on the pulse of our contemporary experience with panache and originality
What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
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What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?

Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
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Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot

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Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
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Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
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The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures

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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 
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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review: a deeply original novel 

Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships
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Palaver by Bryan Washington review: a subtle and deft look at family relationships

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
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The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
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Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

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Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot
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Top 5 books about Charles Dickens, chosen by lecturer and author Annie Elliot

Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
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Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  
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Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
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Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce

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What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
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What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?

The discourse around class drowns out plans for progress, all before those actually affected have even cleared their throats, writes Kate Pasola
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 
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Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
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Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

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