A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
Books

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback
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Books

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge
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Books

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody
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Books

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 
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Children's books

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 

Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it
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machines

Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma
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poetry

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir
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Review

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir

How a life-long obsession with lighthouses led to a book of beauty and adventure
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Books

How a life-long obsession with lighthouses led to a book of beauty and adventure

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'
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Books

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'

The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling
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Books

The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling

Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
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Books

Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
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Autumn reads

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights

Battle to save Britain's libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
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Libraries Week

Battle to save Britain's libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative
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Review

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family
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Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes
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Mythology

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
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Rail journeys

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – the politics of food
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Books

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang review – the politics of food

Pioneering supermodel with Down's syndrome Ellie Goldstein shares her most empowering life lessons
Ellie Goldstein - first supermodel with Down's syndrome - smiling with her head on one side
Interview

Pioneering supermodel with Down's syndrome Ellie Goldstein shares her most empowering life lessons