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Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth
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Top 5 books about swimming, chosen by The Drownings author Hazel Barkworth

Reading goggles on for some underwater escapades
Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'
The Great Gatsby

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'

Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast
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Flesh by David Szalay review – life comes at you fast

Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman
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Top 5 domestic noirs, chosen by novelist and journalist Hannah Beckerman

I walked in David Bowie's footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn't expect
David Bowie

I walked in David Bowie's footsteps to get a sniff of the real. But I found something I didn't expect

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Yoko by David Sheff review – a tribute to a revolutionary
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Yoko by David Sheff review – a tribute to a revolutionary

SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga
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SMiLE: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Brian Wilson by David Leaf review – uneven account of rock saga

Hedonist ex-MP Victor Grayson tried to expose corruption and scandal. Then he disappeared forever
Corruption

Hedonist ex-MP Victor Grayson tried to expose corruption and scandal. Then he disappeared forever

Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards
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Top 5 gritty thrillers, chosen by viral sensation and best-selling author Lloyd Devereux Richards

The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning
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The Summer We Ate Off the China by Devin Jacobsen review – digging for deepest meaning

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II
World War II

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II

Top 5 British history books, chosen by historian and author Ian Stewart
British history

Top 5 British history books, chosen by historian and author Ian Stewart

Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 
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Little Mysteries by Sara Gran review – a puzzling pleasure 

The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction
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The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – profound understanding through science fiction

Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence
Books

Top 5 books to make you think, chosen by The Conversation director Peter Florence

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here's how to find them
Space

Tiny but beautiful meteorites fall to Earth every single day – here's how to find them

It wasn't until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline
World Book Day

It wasn't until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
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Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past

Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning
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Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa review – a remarkable and original study of yearning

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry
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Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry

Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time
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Cher: The Memoir, Part One review – pop icon turns back time

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods
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Kubrick: An Odyssey review – a forensic debunking of myths and falsehoods

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess
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Top 5 works of satire, chosen by writer and cultural mischief maker Jackie Ess

Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football
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Greatest of All Time by Alex Allison review – lifting the taboo of being gay in football

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