Books

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  
Top 5

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  

From coming of age stories to romance tales, these pioneering books changed the conversation on sexuality
Get your copy of Big Issue's brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback
Letter to My Younger Self: Inspirational Women
Big Issue

Get your copy of Big Issue's brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Film

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children's TV
Books

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children's TV

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Review

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

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Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting'
Books

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting'

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce
Books

Top 5 legal dramas, chosen by The Traitors star Harriet Tyce

Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 
History

Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'
Stormzy
Reading

Stormzy backs bid to get adults into books: 'Reading really is a superpower'

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace
Books

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – a swan song of wit and grace

Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar
Books

Top 5 atmospheric thrillers, chosen by journalist, critic and novelist Thrity Umrigar

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Science

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own

Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we're in
Books

Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we're in

Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us 
Review

Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us 

How to fix the UK's broken water system
Water crisis

How to fix the UK's broken water system

H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: 'I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself'
Letter To My Younger Self

H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: 'I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself'

Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 
Books

Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 

Will AI be the end of humanity?
Artificial intelligence

Will AI be the end of humanity?

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’
Exclusive interview

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Books

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
Books

Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing

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40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
Live Aid

40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?

Paddington's enduring appeal speaks to the nostalgia he brings out in all of us
Culture

Paddington's enduring appeal speaks to the nostalgia he brings out in all of us

Top 5 graphic novels, chosen by author and illustrator Beccy Blake
Graphic novels

Top 5 graphic novels, chosen by author and illustrator Beccy Blake

Ringo: A Fab Life by Tom Doyle review – Starr treatment
Books

Ringo: A Fab Life by Tom Doyle review – Starr treatment

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