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Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself
Ricky Ross
Book reviews

Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself

The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel
Book reviews

The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel

The Social Distance Between Us review: Darren McGarvey exposes faultline between haves and have-nots
Darren McGarvey in front of a wall with graffiti
Book reviews

The Social Distance Between Us review: Darren McGarvey exposes faultline between haves and have-nots

Memory: Another outing for Liam Neeson’s cool black coat
film analysis

Memory: Another outing for Liam Neeson’s cool black coat

Scattered All Over the Earth review: A fascinating tale of language and culture in flux
Book reviews

Scattered All Over the Earth review: A fascinating tale of language and culture in flux

Two shows about parenting that will make anyone think twice about wanting kids
A baby in a laundry basket
TV

Two shows about parenting that will make anyone think twice about wanting kids

Sea of Tranquility review: Time travel is anything but tired in this wonderfully inventive novel
sea of tranquility
Book reviews

Sea of Tranquility review: Time travel is anything but tired in this wonderfully inventive novel

The Perfect Golden Circle review: Not just another take on the cultural fights of the ’80s
the perfect golden circle
Book reviews

The Perfect Golden Circle review: Not just another take on the cultural fights of the ’80s

Book reviews: Vladimir by Julia May Jonas and Either/Or by Elif Batuman
Book reviews

Book reviews: Vladimir by Julia May Jonas and Either/Or by Elif Batuman

Sandra Newman's The Men: A crunchy and compelling dystopia
Book reviews

Sandra Newman's The Men: A crunchy and compelling dystopia

Orlam by PJ Harvey review: Singer-songwriter's poetry book is a rich and unwieldy epic
Book reviews

Orlam by PJ Harvey review: Singer-songwriter's poetry book is a rich and unwieldy epic

Book reviews: The Candy House and Eyes of the Void
Book reviews

Book reviews: The Candy House and Eyes of the Void

Nudes by Elle Nash: short, sharp and sometimes shocking
Book reviews

Nudes by Elle Nash: short, sharp and sometimes shocking

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers: a delve inside the mind of a monster
Book Review

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers: a delve inside the mind of a monster

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow review: A friendship tale that straddles Shakespeare and gaming
Book review

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow review: A friendship tale that straddles Shakespeare and gaming

The Holiday: 'Like an EasyJet underseat bag, there's not a lot to unpack'
The Holiday
TV

The Holiday: 'Like an EasyJet underseat bag, there's not a lot to unpack'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Book reviews: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, and The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry
pregnant woman
Books

Book reviews: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, and The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry

This is Gwar review: 'A goofy, goopy assault on the senses'
Film review

This is Gwar review: 'A goofy, goopy assault on the senses'

The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash
Music

The Recycling Concerto creating a smash out of trash

Ms. Marvel: What happens when a superhero's greatest enemy is the fandom?
Iman Vellani
TV

Ms. Marvel: What happens when a superhero's greatest enemy is the fandom?

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