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A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror
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A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley
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The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley

We all need a little darkness in our lives. Here's why
Darkness illustration
Jacqueline Yallop

We all need a little darkness in our lives. Here's why

Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville review – a vampire story like no other
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Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville review – a vampire story like no other

Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own
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Extremophile by Ian Green review – an anarchic and grimy power all of its own

Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost
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Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost

Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini
The Hunger Games
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Top 5 great books given really great film adaptations – chosen by screenplay writer Moira Buffini

The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla review – risk-taking and unsettling speculative fiction
The Slat Flats
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The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla review – risk-taking and unsettling speculative fiction

'I'm going to die and I'm still not sick enough for PIP': The reality of DWP disability benefits system
james oliver, who died after battle to get DWP benefits
Department for Work and Pensions

'I'm going to die and I'm still not sick enough for PIP': The reality of DWP disability benefits system

The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos
The Black Orb
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The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim review – pitch-black humour on the brink of chaos

Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg
Books

Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them
Conservation

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – a poised look at the state we're in
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Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – a poised look at the state we're in

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music
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1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music

Top 5 books set in country houses selected by crime novelist Bonnie Burke-Patel  
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Top 5 books set in country houses selected by crime novelist Bonnie Burke-Patel  

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
Refugees

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald review – breaking the generational cycles of harm
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No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald review – breaking the generational cycles of harm

Parade by Rachel Cusk review – captivating in its understatement
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Parade by Rachel Cusk review – captivating in its understatement

Who was the first to climb Everest? The mystery of George Mallory and who got to the summit first
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Who was the first to climb Everest? The mystery of George Mallory and who got to the summit first

Top 5 historically important memoirs, chosen by best-selling author Joshua Lisec
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Top 5 historically important memoirs, chosen by best-selling author Joshua Lisec

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