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

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

Not enough doom in the news? How about trying some of these dystopian novels?
‘There’s a strong anti-Bond theme’: How John le Carré revolutionised the spy novel
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‘There’s a strong anti-Bond theme’: How John le Carré revolutionised the spy novel

Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
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Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world

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Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor
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Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor

Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time
Big Issue

Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
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Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk review – mushrooming magic
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House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk review – mushrooming magic

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom
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Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy review – words of wisdom

Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite review – an understated family saga
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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite review – an understated family saga

Top 5 books

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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

Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor
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Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor

Top 5 seafaring books, chosen by award-winning writer Carolyn Kirby
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Top 5 seafaring books, chosen by award-winning writer Carolyn Kirby

Top 5 crime collections, chosen by award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards
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Top 5 crime collections, chosen by award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards

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‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Health

‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS

Matt Hutchinson’s book tells the uncompromising truth about working in healthcare as a member of an ethnic minority. With jokes
Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality
LGBTQ+

Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality

This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together
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This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together