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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
When India was the seat of Islam

Fri 23 Jan 2026

When India was the seat of Islam
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from George Saunders to Jaipur literature festival

Thu 22 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from George Saunders to Jaipur literature festival
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha

Thu 22 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha
Anthony Cummins
George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil

Thu 22 Jan 2026

George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil
Tim Adams
Richard Flanagan: ‘Who do we love? How do we live? These questions haunt us’

Wed 21 Jan 2026

Richard Flanagan: ‘Who do we love? How do we live? These questions haunt us’
Tim Adams
Hallie Rubenhold: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’

Wed 21 Jan 2026

Hallie Rubenhold: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’
Olivia Ovenden
Confessions of a New England divorcee

Tue 20 Jan 2026

Confessions of a New England divorcee
Kathleen Jamie
Mineral

Sun 18 Jan 2026

Mineral
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Righting Wrongs by Kenneth Roth

Sat 17 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: Righting Wrongs by Kenneth Roth
Carolina Unzelte
What to read to understand Venezuela

Sat 17 Jan 2026

What to read to understand Venezuela
K Biswas
Will this book make you less racist?

Fri 16 Jan 2026

Will this book make you less racist?
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Hillary Clinton to the Beatles

Thu 15 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from Hillary Clinton to the Beatles
John Bew
Inside the White House situation room

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Inside the White House situation room
Lucy Popescu
Daniyal Mueenuddin and the making of 20th-century Pakistan

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Daniyal Mueenuddin and the making of 20th-century Pakistan
Tim Adams
Ian Leslie: ‘The Beatles are nice people to hang out with’

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Ian Leslie: ‘The Beatles are nice people to hang out with’
Stephanie Merritt
Love, loss and Salman Rushdie

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Love, loss and Salman Rushdie
Kitty Empire
Chapter books of the month: adventurers assemble

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Chapter books of the month: adventurers assemble
Laura Cumming
The fierce life of Louise Bourgeois

Wed 14 Jan 2026

The fierce life of Louise Bourgeois
The Missing Book | The Walkers Ep7

41 mins • S1, E7

The Missing Book  | The Walkers Ep7
The Missing Money | The Walkers Ep1

41 mins • S1, E1

The Missing Money | The Walkers Ep1
On the path | The Walkers Ep2

35 mins • S1, E2

On the path  | The Walkers Ep2
The Miracle | The Walkers Ep4

39 mins • S1, E4

The Miracle  | The Walkers Ep4
The French Quarter | The Walkers Ep5

27 mins • S1, E5

The French Quarter | The Walkers Ep5
The Letters | The Walkers Ep6

47 mins • S1, E6

The Letters  | The Walkers Ep6
Cider at Haye | The Walkers Ep3

42 mins • S1, E3

Cider at Haye  | The Walkers Ep3
Sir Richard Lambert
Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook

Mon 12 Jan 2026

Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook
Andrew McMillan
The Sunday Poem: burning car by Andrew McMillan

Sun 11 Jan 2026

The Sunday Poem: burning car by Andrew McMillan
Anthony Cummins
Julian Barnes’s search for an ending

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Julian Barnes’s search for an ending
Phoebe Davis
Literary style: Hamnet’s jerkins and capes herald ‘poetcore’ fashion trend

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Literary style: Hamnet’s jerkins and capes herald ‘poetcore’ fashion trend
Megan Nolan
Writers’ rules and how to break them

Fri 9 Jan 2026

Writers’ rules and how to break them
We’re sooo back

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We’re sooo back
Gail Ann Dorsey
David Bowie, remembered by Gail Ann Dorsey

Thu 8 Jan 2026

David Bowie, remembered by Gail Ann Dorsey
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Thu 8 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Caroline Crampton
A love letter to romance fiction

Thu 8 Jan 2026

A love letter to romance fiction
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from graphic novels to books on Bowie

Thu 8 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from graphic novels to books on Bowie
Killian Fox
The Crystal Vase by Astrid Goldsmith

Thu 8 Jan 2026

The Crystal Vase by Astrid Goldsmith
Alexander Larman
What to read to understand Bowie

Thu 8 Jan 2026

What to read to understand Bowie
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Gerald Murnane: ‘I think of my mind as a grassland or prairie’

Wed 7 Jan 2026

Gerald Murnane: ‘I think of my mind as a grassland or prairie’
Erica Wagner
The long history of American overreach

Wed 7 Jan 2026

The long history of American overreach

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