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

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
Books

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  
Books

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

No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald review – breaking the generational cycles of harm
Books

No Small Thing by Orlaine McDonald review – breaking the generational cycles of harm

Parade by Rachel Cusk review – captivating in its understatement
Books

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
Books

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
Books

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

Napalm in the Heart by Pol Guasch review – a beautiful and affecting debut novel
Books

Napalm in the Heart by Pol Guasch review – a beautiful and affecting debut novel

Half of UK adults don't read for pleasure
Reading

Half of UK adults don't read for pleasure

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge
Books

The Light Room by Kate Zambreno review – a staggering breadth of knowledge

Rory Stewart: 'I assumed I'd die a heroic death in my early 30s'
Letter To My Younger Self

Rory Stewart: 'I assumed I'd die a heroic death in my early 30s'

Top 5 books about state control, chosen by Icelandic author Fríða Ísberg
Books

Top 5 books about state control, chosen by Icelandic author Fríða Ísberg

Fighting for justice for women in a system that's rigged against them
Justice

Fighting for justice for women in a system that's rigged against them

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