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The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
Books

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning

Alan Moore salutes the 'ramshackle institution' that changed his life
10Foot Takeover

Alan Moore salutes the 'ramshackle institution' that changed his life

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Probation service

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry

Top 5 British history books, chosen by historian and author Ian Stewart
British history

Top 5 British history books, chosen by historian and author Ian Stewart

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head
Music

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 
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Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 

The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
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The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction

Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence
Books

Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here's how to find them
Space

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here's how to find them

It wasn't until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline
World Book Day

It wasn't until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'
Farming

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
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Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
Books

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning

Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here's why
Climate change

Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here's why

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Books

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry

Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time
Books

Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods
Books

Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess
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Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football
Books

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football

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