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

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
Free speech

Banning books is not only wrong – it's absolutely pointless. Here's why

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline
Ukraine war

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline

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

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

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

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

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We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn
Robin Ince

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn

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

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Books

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

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

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

Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon
Books

Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon

Letters: If billionaires stockpiled food, would we all be left to starve?
Letters

Letters: If billionaires stockpiled food, would we all be left to starve?

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

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

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

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

Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war
Sally Becker on her first mission 'Operation Angel' in Bosnia in 1993
Humanitarianism

Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war

Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors
Books

Soft Core by Brittany Newell review – sex, smoke and mirrors

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

Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox
Books

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox

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Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272
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Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva review – a bizarre but utterly compelling look at Argentina in 2272

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
Germany

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained

Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth
Books

Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'
The Great Gatsby

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'

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