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Seun Matiluko
Getting Uppity: why Nels Abbey’s debate forum has real clout

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Getting Uppity: why Nels Abbey’s debate forum has real clout
Seun Matiluko
Reclaiming the story of Africa

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Reclaiming the story of Africa
Hayley Myers
‘It’s essential to be surrounded by silence sometimes’: Erdem Moralıoğlu

Tue 9 Jun 2026

‘It’s essential to be surrounded by silence sometimes’: Erdem Moralıoğlu
William Boyd
Anthony Blunt, the spy who outwitted them all

Tue 9 Jun 2026

Anthony Blunt, the spy who outwitted them all
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Ocean Vuong: ‘Service industry work is like a sonnet to me’

Tue 9 Jun 2026

Ocean Vuong: ‘Service industry work is like a sonnet to me’
Donna Ferguson
EM Forster’s stolen nameplate comes home to King’s after 55 years

Sun 7 Jun 2026

EM Forster’s stolen nameplate comes home to King’s after 55 years
Claudine Toutoungi
The Sunday Poem: Mid-Flight Checks

Sun 7 Jun 2026

The Sunday Poem: Mid-Flight Checks
Kate Lister
What to read to understand female sexuality

Sun 7 Jun 2026

What to read to understand female sexuality
Sarah Crompton
Coppélia springs to life

Sun 7 Jun 2026

Coppélia springs to life
Kate Maltby
It’s not the British Museum’s job to police the culture wars

Sun 7 Jun 2026

It’s not the British Museum’s job to police the culture wars
Stephen Pritchard
Garsington’s La traviata – Parisians party like it’s 1939 in a first-class Verdi

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Garsington’s La traviata – Parisians party like it’s 1939 in a first-class Verdi
Susannah Clapp
Black Comedy at the Orange Tree – a sharp farce from the little theatre that thinks big

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Black Comedy at the Orange Tree – a sharp farce from the little theatre that thinks big
Killian Fox
Graphic novel of the month: Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Graphic novel of the month: Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy
Olivia Ovenden
Olivia Laing: ‘The shame of loneliness is agonising’

Sat 6 Jun 2026

Olivia Laing: ‘The shame of loneliness is agonising’
Barbara Ellen
Russell T Davies’s Tip Toe is a stark state-of-the-nation drama

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Russell T Davies’s Tip Toe is a stark state-of-the-nation drama
Laura Cumming
Marilyn Monroe at the National Portrait Gallery - the woman who became a masterpiece

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Marilyn Monroe at the National Portrait Gallery - the woman who became a masterpiece
Evan Moffitt
What to do this weekend, from the Serpentine Pavilion to Blackpool Pride

Fri 5 Jun 2026

What to do this weekend, from the Serpentine Pavilion to Blackpool Pride
Rowan Williams
William Tyndale, the radical who rewrote the Bible

Fri 5 Jun 2026

William Tyndale, the radical who rewrote the Bible
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Paperback of the week: Dooneen by Keith Ridgway
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Football’s multibillion-pound gambling habit

Thu 4 Jun 2026

Football’s multibillion-pound gambling habit
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Sufiyaan Salam’s raucous night out

Thu 4 Jun 2026

Sufiyaan Salam’s raucous night out
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from betting on football to tackling the climate crisis

Thu 4 Jun 2026

What to read this week, from betting on football to tackling the climate crisis
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: pop stars on film

Thu 4 Jun 2026

Playlist of the week: pop stars on film
Séamas O’Reilly
The case for… Mascots

Wed 3 Jun 2026

The case for… Mascots
Jeevan Vasagar
Can Britain adapt to the age of extreme weather?

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Can Britain adapt to the age of extreme weather?
Kitty Empire
Aldous Harding’s world of mystery

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Aldous Harding’s world of mystery
Erica Wagner
Ann Patchett’s book of transgressions

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Ann Patchett’s book of transgressions
Rich Pelley
‘I’m on day 304 of a French streak’: Chiwetel Ejiofor on Michael Jackson, jazz and Duolingo

Tue 2 Jun 2026

‘I’m on day 304 of a French streak’: Chiwetel Ejiofor on Michael Jackson, jazz and Duolingo
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Ten books to pack for your holidays

Mon 1 Jun 2026

Ten books to pack for your holidays
Marine Saint
Playlists just got a whole lot more sexy with rise of ‘Spotify for porn’

Mon 1 Jun 2026

Playlists just got a whole lot more sexy with rise of ‘Spotify for porn’
Lily Isaacs
Patagonia takes on Pattie Gonia in battle over brand name

Sun 31 May 2026

Patagonia takes on Pattie Gonia in battle over brand name
Jade Cuttle
Poetry books of the month: the republic of parenthood

Fri 29 May 2026

Poetry books of the month: the republic of parenthood
Kitty Empire
Playlist of the week: the most enduring power ballads

Thu 28 May 2026

Playlist of the week: the most enduring power ballads
Wendy Ide
Tuner hits all the right notes

Thu 28 May 2026

Tuner hits all the right notes
Colin Grant
Jarred McGinnis’s memoir of love and fate

Thu 28 May 2026

Jarred McGinnis’s memoir of love and fate
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from Richard Dawkins to Tahmima Anam

Thu 28 May 2026

What to read this week, from Richard Dawkins to Tahmima Anam
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Tahmima Anam: ‘I wrote, vomited and thought: Am I a psychopath?’

Thu 28 May 2026

Tahmima Anam: ‘I wrote, vomited and thought: Am I a psychopath?’
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins on AI, evolution and alien life

Wed 27 May 2026

Richard Dawkins on AI, evolution and alien life
Stephanie Merritt
Erica Wagner’s Wash is historical fiction at its most alive

Wed 27 May 2026

Erica Wagner’s Wash is historical fiction at its most alive
Andrew Anthony
Inside the vicious campaign to cancel the Southbank’s polarising boss

Sun 24 May 2026

Inside the vicious campaign to cancel the Southbank’s polarising boss
‘My writing process is unusual,’ says prize-winning author accused of being AI

Sun 24 May 2026

‘My writing process is unusual,’ says prize-winning author accused of being AI
Maya C Popa
The Sunday Poem: Happenstance

Sun 24 May 2026

The Sunday Poem: Happenstance
Vanessa Thorpe
Who’ll do it? Actors line up for the title role as BBC reboots Poirot

Sun 24 May 2026

Who’ll do it? Actors line up for the title role as BBC reboots Poirot
Olivia Ovenden
Hannah Murray’s descent into magic and madness

Sat 23 May 2026

Hannah Murray’s descent into magic and madness
Daniel Dylan Wray
What to read to understand music scenes

Sat 23 May 2026

What to read to understand music scenes
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week: from the International Booker winner to Agnes Owens

Thu 21 May 2026

What to read this week: from the International Booker winner to Agnes Owens
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King on queerness and Taiwan’s future

Thu 21 May 2026

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King on queerness and Taiwan’s future
John Self
The working-class genius of Agnes Owens

Thu 21 May 2026

The working-class genius of Agnes Owens
Lyndsey Stonebridge
Rowan Williams makes the case for solidarity

Thu 21 May 2026

Rowan Williams makes the case for solidarity
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder

Thu 21 May 2026

Paperback of the week: I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder
Orlando Whitfield
Adam Ross’s Playworld is a rightful heir to Catcher in the Rye

Wed 20 May 2026

Adam Ross’s Playworld is a rightful heir to Catcher in the Rye
Fiona Noble
Young adult books of the month: chaos and the cure

Mon 18 May 2026

Young adult books of the month: chaos and the cure
Ana Kinsella
What to read to understand artistic partnerships

Mon 18 May 2026

What to read to understand artistic partnerships
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann

Mon 18 May 2026

Paperback of the week: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
Frank Skinner
Who needs push-ups when poetry keeps you young?

Sun 17 May 2026

Who needs push-ups when poetry keeps you young?
Marie Le Conte
French actors and authors join la Résistance against a rightwing takeover

Sun 17 May 2026

French actors and authors join la Résistance against a rightwing takeover
Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Does your name represent who you really are?

Fri 15 May 2026

Does your name represent who you really are?
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Yassmin Abdel-Magied: ‘I’m nostalgic for life on the oil rig’

Wed 13 May 2026

Yassmin Abdel-Magied: ‘I’m nostalgic for life on the oil rig’
The women who brought the Nazis to justice

Wed 13 May 2026

The women who brought the Nazis to justice
Megan Nolan
Blake Morrison’s guide to life-writing

Tue 12 May 2026

Blake Morrison’s guide to life-writing
Anna Leszkiewicz
Liz Allan’s 1990s-set novel smells like teen spirit

Sun 10 May 2026

Liz Allan’s 1990s-set novel smells like teen spirit
Anna Woodford
The Sunday Poem: Victorian Honeymoon

Sun 10 May 2026

The Sunday Poem: Victorian Honeymoon
Hannah Roberts
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco: The conservative intellectual at the heart of Venice’s Biennale storm

Sun 10 May 2026

Pietrangelo Buttafuoco: The conservative intellectual at the heart of Venice’s Biennale storm
Matt Cain
Bigots hounded me out of Bolton as a young man. I won’t let it happen again

Sun 10 May 2026

Bigots hounded me out of Bolton as a young man. I won’t let it happen again
Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with radioactive relevance

Sun 10 May 2026

Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with radioactive relevance
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

Sat 9 May 2026

Paperback of the week: Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
Killian Fox
Graphic novel of the month: Opioids and Organs by Arizona O’Neill

Sat 9 May 2026

Graphic novel of the month: Opioids and Organs by Arizona O’Neill
Robert Macfarlane
What to read to understand birds

Sat 9 May 2026

What to read to understand birds
Anthony Cummins
Ben Lerner’s anxious generations

Fri 8 May 2026

Ben Lerner’s anxious generations
Nicola Sturgeon
Douglas Stuart’s island of lost souls

Thu 7 May 2026

Douglas Stuart’s island of lost souls
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from life with Paul Auster to the return of Douglas Stuart

Thu 7 May 2026

What to read this week, from life with Paul Auster to the return of Douglas Stuart
Stephanie Merritt
Melissa Harrison: ‘We have oversimplified the power of nature’

Thu 7 May 2026

Melissa Harrison: ‘We have oversimplified the power of nature’
Siri Hustvedt, Paul Auster and a love that wasn’t enough

Thu 7 May 2026

Siri Hustvedt, Paul Auster and a love that wasn’t enough
Melanie Reid
Life before smartphones was like a message in a bottle – full of chance and happy accident

Thu 7 May 2026

Life before smartphones was like a message in a bottle –  full of chance and happy accident
Andrew Anthony
How the assisted dying debate became a tribal war

Tue 5 May 2026

How the assisted dying debate became a tribal war
Jeet Thayil
The Sunday Poem: A New Vernacular

Sun 3 May 2026

The Sunday Poem: A New Vernacular
Colin Kidd
How the General Strike changed Britain

Sat 2 May 2026

How the General Strike changed Britain
Seun Matiluko
A new Michael Jackson film has defied critics to break audience records

Fri 1 May 2026

A new Michael Jackson film has defied critics to break audience records
Tim Adams
JG Ballard’s lessons in life and death

Fri 1 May 2026

JG Ballard’s lessons in life and death
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Shamanism by Manvir Singh

Fri 1 May 2026

Paperback of the week: Shamanism by Manvir Singh
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from Tana French to the joy of swimming

Thu 30 Apr 2026

What to read this week, from Tana French to the joy of swimming
Nell Frizzell
What to read to understand swimming

Thu 30 Apr 2026

What to read to understand swimming
Olivia Laing
The chaos and passion of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek

Thu 30 Apr 2026

The chaos and passion of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek
Jade Cuttle
Poetry books of the month: Melete and Yiewsley

Thu 30 Apr 2026

Poetry books of the month: Melete and Yiewsley
Killian Fox
David Keenan: ‘I want my books to be horny’

Wed 29 Apr 2026

David Keenan: ‘I want my books to be horny’
Stephanie Merritt
To understand modern Ireland, read Tana French

Wed 29 Apr 2026

To understand modern Ireland, read Tana French
Is Ticketmaster ripping off fans?

9 mins • S1, E1347

Is Ticketmaster ripping off fans?
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
Kenan Malik
Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Fifty years on, David Edgar’s vision about the far right is becoming our destiny
Wendy Ide
How the great Dames of stage and screen transformed the cultural landscape

Sat 25 Apr 2026

How the great Dames of stage and screen transformed the cultural landscape
Rosamund Pike
‘They are quintessentially themselves’: Rosamund Pike on the great Dames of acting

Sat 25 Apr 2026

‘They are quintessentially themselves’: Rosamund Pike on the great Dames of acting
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
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
Vanessa Thorpe
A white elephant, a giant chessboard and an opera: this year’s Turner Prize nominees promise an enticing visual feast

Thu 23 Apr 2026

A white elephant, a giant chessboard and an opera: this year’s Turner Prize nominees promise an enticing visual feast
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
Tim Adams
Prince’s Trump song was a caricature of an American capitalist that still rings true

Mon 20 Apr 2026

Prince’s Trump song was a caricature of an American capitalist that still rings true

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