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Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate
Books

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate

Top 5 books about video games by trailblazing author Jeanne Thornton
Books

Top 5 books about video games by trailblazing author Jeanne Thornton

Grief made me angry with music – I had to learn how to love it again
Music

Grief made me angry with music – I had to learn how to love it again

'I'm so lucky': How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs
Dogs

'I'm so lucky': How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs

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

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

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
Books

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?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

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