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William Boyd

‘April is the cruellest month (and hayfever doesn’t help)’

The acclaimed novelist finds his thoughts turning to London sounds and London planes, a 1960s African assassination and a lovely little monochrome seascape

Mon 27 Apr 2026

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Kim Moore
The Sunday Poem: Many Answers to the Same Question

Sun 26 Apr 2026

The Sunday Poem: Many Answers to the Same Question
Lucie McKnight Hardy
What to read to understand toxic female friendships

Sun 26 Apr 2026

What to read to understand toxic female friendships
Hayley Myers
Fatima Bhutto: ‘For me books are a necessity not a luxury’

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Fatima Bhutto: ‘For me books are a necessity not a luxury’
Rowan Williams
Yann Martel’s Trojan folly

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Yann Martel’s Trojan folly
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
Railsong hitches a ride to the heart of modern India

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Railsong hitches a ride to the heart of modern India
Tara Joshi
The grid: The books that made Hogarth Press

Fri 24 Apr 2026

The grid: The books that made Hogarth Press
Hephzibah Anderson
Femme Feral is a sly werewolf horror about the menopause

Fri 24 Apr 2026

Femme Feral is a sly werewolf horror about the menopause
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Hayek’s Bastards by Quinn Slobodian

Fri 24 Apr 2026

Paperback of the week: Hayek’s Bastards by Quinn Slobodian
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Ashley Hickson-Lovence: ‘We need a seismic shift in English teaching’

Thu 23 Apr 2026

Ashley Hickson-Lovence: ‘We need a seismic shift in English teaching’
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Barbara Pym to Mary Beard

Thu 23 Apr 2026

What to read this week, from Barbara Pym to Mary Beard
Josephine Balmer
Mary Beard wants us to rethink the Classics

Thu 23 Apr 2026

Mary Beard wants us to rethink the Classics
Samantha Harvey
Barbara Pym’s doll’s house

Thu 23 Apr 2026

Barbara Pym’s doll’s house
Kenan Malik
The toxic myth of white decline

Wed 22 Apr 2026

The toxic myth of white decline
Colin Bramwell
The Sunday Poem: You walk past (after Tsvetaeva)

Sun 19 Apr 2026

The Sunday Poem: You walk past (after Tsvetaeva)
Sam Freedman
How to build a model Britain

Sun 19 Apr 2026

How to build a model Britain
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch is a genre-defying delight

Sat 18 Apr 2026

Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch is a genre-defying delight
John Lanchester
What to read to understand privilege

Sat 18 Apr 2026

What to read to understand privilege
Andrew Hussey
France’s forgotten father of the far right

Fri 17 Apr 2026

France’s forgotten father of the far right
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Earth to Earth by John Cornwell

Fri 17 Apr 2026

Paperback of the week: Earth to Earth by John Cornwell

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