Books
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Catherine Cho and Laura Dockrill are painfully honest about the horrors they experienced as new mothers in the grip of a terrible illness
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A meticulously researched account of the charismatic Islamist Abdallah Azzam
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With the country in crisis and the NHS stretched to breaking point, Boris Johnson’s government has seized on war rhetoric, national pride and nostalgia
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Dara McAnulty is being hailed by the likes of Robert Macfarlane and Chris Packham as a bright new voice. He talks about life with autism and finding peace in the wilds of Northern Ireland
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The US novelist and professor of psychiatry on how writing and medicine inform each other and why reading is good for mental health
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Bereavement, illness, adultery … the trials of Mahler’s late years are part of the story of his Eighth Symphony. This magnificent study explores its greatness
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Long known for his optimism, the renowned art critic now faces the question: how to belittle a political elite that cannot be embarrassed?
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From Beyoncé to Greta Thunberg, sex strikes to civil rights, its time to repurpose classical mythology as a force for liberation
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The Dutch historian’s overview of debate around humanity’s core instincts has blind spots, but its optimism is invigorating
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Hideous apparitions attack NYC, as Jemisin has ‘a little monstrous fun’ after the Broken Earth saga
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Pulpy crime fiction and avant-garde archness combine for an exuberant take on literary life
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An inspirational, uplifting and assured debut collection
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How to Wash a Heart by Bhanu Kapil; Saffron Jack by Rishi Dastidar; The Atlas of Lost Beliefs by Ranjit Hoskote; and Shine, Darling by Ella Frears
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Shriver’s contentious views on diversity thread through the story of a couple’s strained relationship with exercise
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Author of the Treehouse book series Andy Griffiths answers your weird and wonderful questions
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A young heroine finds danger as well as friendship and hope in a cold war America populated with dragons
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Like so many things loved by teenage girls, Stephenie Meyer’s books have been dismissed as rubbish. I thought this too - until I discovered how addictive and erotic they are
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The historian offers a hopeful view of human nature in his latest book, Humankind. It couldn’t have come at a better time
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The Swedish author, whose life was laid bare in controversial novels by her ex-husband, is successfully reviving her own career
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The Pulitzer prize winner on the freedom that comes with age, how he reinvented his writing life and overcoming childhood dyslexia
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In the End of October, a horrifying virus brings the world to standstill, a situation that the author has now seen for himself
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After a dangerous illness the children’s author is high-risk for coronavirus, but she insists there’s a positive side to lockdown
What to read
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The singer-songwriter on discovering and befriending Neil Gaiman, gold-standard Nora Ephron, and taking inspiration from Robert Macfarlane
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From the secret diaries of a junior doctor to a lawyer who can’t stop walking … heartbreak and humour in tales of meltdown
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