Reading Robert Smith's diary made me fall in love with The Cure
Robert Smith of The Cure
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Reading Robert Smith's diary made me fall in love with The Cure

To the Dogs by Louise Welsh review – a propulsive campus thriller
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To the Dogs by Louise Welsh review – a propulsive campus thriller

Top 5 books featuring doppelgängers – chosen by acclaimed Rabbit Hole author Kate Brody
Doppelgangers
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Top 5 books featuring doppelgängers – chosen by acclaimed Rabbit Hole author Kate Brody

Dead Ink Books: Why we will never publish in the mainstream
Books

Dead Ink Books: Why we will never publish in the mainstream

Halfway House by Helen FitzGerald review – a masterclass in blackly comic horror
Books

Halfway House by Helen FitzGerald review – a masterclass in blackly comic horror

An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics
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Books

An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics

Time's Echo by Jeremy Eichler named book of the year 2023 by Big Issue
Times Echo by Jeremy Eichler
Books

Time's Echo by Jeremy Eichler named book of the year 2023 by Big Issue

The definitive guide to best children's and YA books of 2023
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The definitive guide to best children's and YA books of 2023

This Is Going to Hurt writer Adam Kay: 'It's vital for people to know that doctors are human'
Adam Kay
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This Is Going to Hurt writer Adam Kay: 'It's vital for people to know that doctors are human'

How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'
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How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'

Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing
Books

Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing

Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria
Gaslight by Femi Kayode
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Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle
Books

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract
Society

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract

The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity
The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova is out now (Atlantic Books, £14.99)
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The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity

Harold Wilson's mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 
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Politics

Harold Wilson's mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
A young person in silhouette on a dark, misty road
Young Adult

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness by Nathalie Olah
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Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist

'The wine trade is changing': Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?
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Wine

'The wine trade is changing': Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on sustainable space travel, Elon Musk and the modern-day space race
Chris Hadfield next to an astronaut's suit
the future of travel

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on sustainable space travel, Elon Musk and the modern-day space race