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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
Anthony Quinn
How the British let loose between the wars

Sat 28 Feb 2026

How the British let loose between the wars
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

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