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Andrew Motion
The Sunday Poem: Dark Rain

Sun 8 Mar 2026

The Sunday Poem: Dark Rain
Megha Mohan
What to read to understand matriarchy

Sun 8 Mar 2026

What to read to understand matriarchy
Lily Isaacs
The stains, the shame, the sorrow – Emin’s bed speaks directly to gen Z

Sun 8 Mar 2026

The stains, the shame, the sorrow – Emin’s bed speaks directly to gen Z
Anthony Cummins
Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Monet by Jackie Wullschläger

Fri 6 Mar 2026

Paperback of the week: Monet by Jackie Wullschläger
Stephanie Merritt
On trauma and terriers: Fatima Bhutto’s The Hour of the Wolf

Fri 6 Mar 2026

On trauma and terriers: Fatima Bhutto’s The Hour of the Wolf
Tom Gatti
What reading aloud to my children taught me

Thu 5 Mar 2026

What reading aloud to my children taught me
Vanessa Thorpe
Redacted emails raise questions over the BBC’s relationship with the royals

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Redacted emails raise questions over the BBC’s relationship with the royals
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Lucy Apps’s Gloria Don’t Speak is a profound and important debut

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Lucy Apps’s Gloria Don’t Speak is a profound and important debut
Sean O’Hagan
Alice Coltrane’s search for the musical divine

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Alice Coltrane’s search for the musical divine
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Alice Coltrane to Michael Pollan

Thu 5 Mar 2026

What to read this week, from Alice Coltrane to Michael Pollan
Sophie McBain
Michael Pollan tackles the hard problem of consciousness

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Michael Pollan tackles the hard problem of consciousness
Killian Fox
Graphic novel of the month: Dear Historian by Joff Winterhart

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Graphic novel of the month: Dear Historian by Joff Winterhart
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Leone Ross: ‘I was ignorant about racism in Britain’

Wed 4 Mar 2026

Leone Ross: ‘I was ignorant about racism in Britain’
Mary Jean Chan
The Sunday Poem: Laundry

Sun 1 Mar 2026

The Sunday Poem: Laundry
Patrick Kidd
Éliane Radigue, abstract composer

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Éliane Radigue, abstract composer
Justine Picardie
What to read to understand the politics of royal fashion

Sat 28 Feb 2026

What to read to understand the politics of royal fashion
Róisín Lanigan
The problem with the Good Slut manifesto

Sat 28 Feb 2026

The problem with the Good Slut manifesto
Anthony Quinn
How the British let loose between the wars

Sat 28 Feb 2026

How the British let loose between the wars
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy
Rowan Williams
Goethe the radical reactionary

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Goethe the radical reactionary
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Tarantula by Eduardo Halfon

Thu 26 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: Tarantula by Eduardo Halfon
Jade Cuttle
Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by Rishi Dastidar

Thu 26 Feb 2026

Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by Rishi Dastidar
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Toni Morrison to indie publishing

Thu 26 Feb 2026

What to read this week, from Toni Morrison to indie publishing
Sara Collins
The dazzling, difficult art of Toni Morrison

Wed 25 Feb 2026

The dazzling, difficult art of Toni Morrison
Anthony Cummins
Neil Griffiths: ‘Mainstream presses are not taking risks’

Tue 24 Feb 2026

Neil Griffiths: ‘Mainstream presses are not taking risks’
Vanessa Thorpe
How to spot a fake: the artists using AI to blur the concept of authenticity

Tue 24 Feb 2026

How to spot a fake: the artists using AI to blur the concept of authenticity
Lavinia Greenlaw
Making books with Margaret Busby

Sun 22 Feb 2026

Making books with Margaret Busby
Will Eaves
The Sunday Poem: Dad As Voyager

Sun 22 Feb 2026

The Sunday Poem: Dad As Voyager
Anthony Cummins
Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Base Notes by Adelle Stripe

Fri 20 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: Base Notes by Adelle Stripe
Mark Solms
What to read to understand Freud

Fri 20 Feb 2026

What to read to understand Freud
Stephen Armstrong
Stephen Colbert’s latest run-in with CBS is the thin end of the wedge

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Stephen Colbert’s latest run-in with CBS is the thin end of the wedge
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from the Maga right to an Orthodox love story

Thu 19 Feb 2026

What to read this week, from the Maga right to an Orthodox love story
Olivia Ovenden
Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king
Xavier Greenwood
Max Olesker’s gruelling journey to Orthodox Judaism put my own conversion into context

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Max Olesker’s gruelling journey to Orthodox Judaism put my own conversion into context
Kenan Malik
Anatomy of the Maga right

Wed 18 Feb 2026

Anatomy of the Maga right
Vanessa Thorpe
Marion Coutts: ‘I essentially think memory is made up’

Tue 17 Feb 2026

Marion Coutts: ‘I essentially think memory is made up’
Fiona Noble
Young adult books of the month: sisters, lovers and assassins

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Young adult books of the month: sisters, lovers and assassins
Emily Berry
The Sunday Poem: Five Dollar Shake

Sun 15 Feb 2026

The Sunday Poem: Five Dollar Shake
Xavier Greenwood
From g’day to ey oop: how Aussie star Jacob Elordi got his Wuthering Heights accent

Sat 14 Feb 2026

From g’day to ey oop: how Aussie star Jacob Elordi got his Wuthering Heights accent
Lily Isaacs
Rebecca Fallon’s Family Drama finds sincerity in soap operas

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Rebecca Fallon’s Family Drama finds sincerity in soap operas
Rachel Sylvester
The making of Sajid Javid

Fri 13 Feb 2026

The making of Sajid Javid
Andrew Motion
John Berryman’s great American songbook

Thu 12 Feb 2026

John Berryman’s great American songbook
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Virago Book of Friendship

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: The Virago Book of Friendship
Alexi Mostrous
Cash rules everything in the age of money laundering

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Cash rules everything in the age of money laundering
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from John Berryman to female friendship

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What to read this week, from John Berryman to female friendship
Clare Clark
Trouble in sunny Spyland

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Trouble in sunny Spyland
Simon Parkin
The man making books sexy again

Thu 12 Feb 2026

The man making books sexy again
Ian Thomson
The Soviet Union’s long goodbye

Wed 11 Feb 2026

The Soviet Union’s long goodbye
Sean O’Hagan
Ece Temelkuran: ‘Once you call it fascism you have to act on it’

Wed 11 Feb 2026

Ece Temelkuran: ‘Once you call it fascism you have to act on it’
Daljit Nagra
The Sunday Poem: lips by Daljit Nagra

Sun 8 Feb 2026

The Sunday Poem: lips by Daljit Nagra
Barnaby Phillips
Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot
Killian Fox
Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story prize

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story prize
Giles Whittell
Carney takes Canada

Tue 29 Apr 2025

Carney takes Canada
Joan Didion’s old notes make for an uneasy read

Mon 28 Apr 2025

Joan Didion’s old notes make for an uneasy read
Petal power: farmers turn to wildflowers to save their crops

Mon 28 Apr 2025

Petal power: farmers turn to wildflowers to save their crops
Rory Smith
Rory Smith: Liverpool organises a title party that dare not speak its name

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Rory Smith: Liverpool organises a title party that dare not speak its name
Séamas O’Reilly
Séamas O’Reilly on his three-year-old’s capitalistic gleam

Fri 25 Apr 2025

Séamas O’Reilly on his three-year-old’s capitalistic gleam

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