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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
Tom Gatti
What to read this week: Lena Dunham on fame and Tom Junod on fathers

Thu 16 Apr 2026

What to read this week: Lena Dunham on fame and Tom Junod on fathers
Anna Leszkiewicz
In Famesick, Lena Dunham tells the whole, painful truth

Thu 16 Apr 2026

In Famesick, Lena Dunham tells the whole, painful truth
Lisa O’Kelly
Dominic Gregory: ‘You have to want to go and save lives’

Thu 16 Apr 2026

Dominic Gregory: ‘You have to want to go and save lives’
Jude Rogers
The Passion of Jon Doyle

Thu 16 Apr 2026

The Passion of Jon Doyle
Xavier Greenwood
A father’s secret life

Wed 15 Apr 2026

A father’s secret life
Jeevan Vasagar
Amitav Ghosh: ‘It’s a fool’s errand to imagine the future’

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Amitav Ghosh: ‘It’s a fool’s errand to imagine the future’
Kathleen Jamie
The Sunday Poem: Rowan

Sun 12 Apr 2026

The Sunday Poem: Rowan
Anna Leszkiewicz
The lost empress of the tarot

Sat 11 Apr 2026

The lost empress of the tarot
Sara Wheeler
What to read to understand cities

Sat 11 Apr 2026

What to read to understand cities
Kitty Empire
Chapter books of the month: in the space between worlds

Sat 11 Apr 2026

Chapter books of the month: in the space between worlds
Melissa Denes
The bad mother myth

Fri 10 Apr 2026

The bad mother myth
Andrew Butler
In search of Rory McIlroy

Thu 9 Apr 2026

In search of Rory McIlroy
Olivia Ovenden
What to read this week, from Patrick Radden Keefe to James Baldwin

Thu 9 Apr 2026

What to read this week, from Patrick Radden Keefe to James Baldwin
Anthony Cummins
Jay McInerney: ‘It was impossible to have an affair during Covid! I thought that was fun’

Thu 9 Apr 2026

Jay McInerney: ‘It was impossible to have an affair during Covid! I thought that was fun’
Anthony Cummins
Jay McInerney: ‘It’s just a terrible time to be anywhere in the US’

Thu 9 Apr 2026

Jay McInerney: ‘It’s just a terrible time to be anywhere in the US’
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Offenses by Constance Debré

Thu 9 Apr 2026

Paperback of the week: Offenses by Constance Debré
Laura Cumming
Who really killed Zac Brettler?

Thu 9 Apr 2026

Who really killed Zac Brettler?
Colin Grant
A love letter to James Baldwin

Wed 8 Apr 2026

A love letter to James Baldwin
Hugo Williams
The Sunday Poem: Heartbreak Hotel (Eton College, 1956)

Sun 5 Apr 2026

The Sunday Poem: Heartbreak Hotel (Eton College, 1956)
Deborah Levy
In search of Gertrude Stein

Sun 5 Apr 2026

In search of Gertrude Stein

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