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Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
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Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
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Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

Street Soccer Nations Cup: The football tournament that changes lives
Street Soccer Nations Cup
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Street Soccer Nations Cup: The football tournament that changes lives

Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg's latest ick-flick
Crimes of the future
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Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg's latest ick-flick

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we're more connected than ever
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book reviews

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we're more connected than ever

Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint
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Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live
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Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live

Prime minister, here’s how much it will cost to save the country this winter
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Prime minister, here’s how much it will cost to save the country this winter

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years
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book reviews

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years

Tony Blackburn: 'The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known'
Tony Blackburn
Letter to my Younger Self

Tony Blackburn: 'The world we’re living in at the moment is the saddest time I’ve ever known'

Explorer Benedict Allen: The day I became a 'crocodile man'
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Books

Explorer Benedict Allen: The day I became a 'crocodile man'

Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year
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book reviews

Venomous Lumpsucker review: The most original – and horrifying – novel of the year

Top 5 books about dual heritage, chosen by Eva Verde
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Top 5 books

Top 5 books about dual heritage, chosen by Eva Verde

Self Esteem's righteous reinvention should lead to Mercury Prize glory
Self Esteem live
Music

Self Esteem's righteous reinvention should lead to Mercury Prize glory

Why I ran 35 marathons in 35 days
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Books

Why I ran 35 marathons in 35 days

Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off
Music

Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off

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Top 5 sci-fi romances, chosen by Omara Williams
Space
Top 5 Books

Top 5 sci-fi romances, chosen by Omara Williams

Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond
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Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz review: Two damaged souls healed by a beautiful bond

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison
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Books

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston
Arctic Monkeys with Martin Compston
Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner talks The Car and 20 years of the band with Martin Compston

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