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The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story
Books

The Ancients by John Larison review – a powerful dystopian survival story

Top 5 YA fantasy adventure books, chosen by children's novelist PM Perry
Books

Top 5 YA fantasy adventure books, chosen by children's novelist PM Perry

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica
Books

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family's links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Reading

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero
Books

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor's final word
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Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor's final word

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there's still lots we can learn from the stars
Space

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there's still lots we can learn from the stars

Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim 
Books

Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim 

'I thought I was going to die': Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world
Running

'I thought I was going to die': Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires
Books

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence
Books

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Big Issue vendor André Rostant and Dom Joly in conversation
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Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'
Letter To My Younger Self

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'

Top 5 locked-room mystery books by whodunit author Tom Hindle
Books

Top 5 locked-room mystery books by whodunit author Tom Hindle

I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
Books

I couldn't find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own

We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery
Books

We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories
Books

What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories

'Tragedy is a cruel teacher': Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer
Culture

'Tragedy is a cruel teacher': Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer

The age of surveillance: Are we already living in a Big Brother dystopia?
Two people walking in a public space, their faces blurred with localised squares over their faces, facial recognition systems
Lou Gilmond

The age of surveillance: Are we already living in a Big Brother dystopia?

Philomena Cunk: 'Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself'
My Big Year

Philomena Cunk: 'Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself'

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