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How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
Memoir

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban

Stories of Afghanistan are often fragmented, incomplete and rife with generalisations. In the west, Afghanistan is commonly associated with Cold War politics or the events of 2001 – nothing in…

Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system
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Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system

This tale of survival gives voice to the silenced

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
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A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes

Noreen Masud’s A Flat Place is a beautifully written memoir that looks at how landscapes can help us understand ourselves

Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading
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Charlene White: How judging the British Book Awards rekindled my passion for reading

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
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Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani

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Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
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Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’
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Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: ‘Music can make dreams come true’

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’
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What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee’s ‘upturned fairytale’

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
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Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
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Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

Jon Ransom’s letter to his 16-year-old self: ‘It’s about to get rough. There’s no way around it’
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Jon Ransom’s letter to his 16-year-old self: ‘It’s about to get rough. There’s no way around it’

Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself
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Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself