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Alex Hyde
What to read to understand the YBAs

Sat 27 Jun 2026

What to read to understand the YBAs
Killian Fox
In Togetherness, Rowan Hooper celebrates nature’s brilliant double acts

Sat 27 Jun 2026

In Togetherness, Rowan Hooper celebrates nature’s brilliant double acts
Jade Cuttle
Poetry books of the month: the view from the corner table

Sat 27 Jun 2026

Poetry books of the month: the view from the corner table
Rachel Sylvester
Beeban Kidron’s Users calls out the tech bros making billions selling porn to children

Fri 26 Jun 2026

Beeban Kidron’s Users calls out the tech bros making billions selling porn to children
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Natural Disaster chronicles the mother’s lot in frank and funny style

Fri 26 Jun 2026

Natural Disaster chronicles the mother’s lot in frank and funny style
John Bew
The political thinkers who envisaged a better postwar world

Thu 25 Jun 2026

The political thinkers who envisaged a better postwar world
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: You Must Live – New Poetry from Palestine

Thu 25 Jun 2026

Paperback of the week: You Must Live – New Poetry from Palestine
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from Tina Brown on Trump to poems from Palestine

Thu 25 Jun 2026

What to read this week, from Tina Brown on Trump to poems from Palestine
Tina Brown
A gold-embossed tyrant

Wed 24 Jun 2026

A gold-embossed tyrant
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Emma-Lee Moss: ‘Hong Kong ceased to exist as I’d known it’

Wed 24 Jun 2026

Emma-Lee Moss: ‘Hong Kong ceased to exist as I’d known it’
Lara Feigel
Whatever became of Renoir’s Pink and Blue girls?

Tue 23 Jun 2026

Whatever became of Renoir’s Pink and Blue girls?
Will Eaves
The Sunday Poem: Semi-Desert

Mon 22 Jun 2026

The Sunday Poem: Semi-Desert
John Self
Karen Jennings’ emotionally rich tale of emancipation

Mon 22 Jun 2026

Karen Jennings’ emotionally rich tale of emancipation
Courtney Maum
What to read to understand opting out

Sat 20 Jun 2026

What to read to understand opting out
Alex Clark
Colm Toibin’s The News from Dublin: striking stories of exile and return

Sat 20 Jun 2026

Colm Toibin’s The News from Dublin: striking stories of exile and return
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Eric Cantona’s 82 Goals by Valentin Deudon

Fri 19 Jun 2026

Paperback of the week: Eric Cantona’s 82 Goals by Valentin Deudon
Helen Macdonald
The visions of M John Harrison

Fri 19 Jun 2026

The visions of M John Harrison
Fintan O’Toole
Shakespeare without borders

Thu 18 Jun 2026

Shakespeare without borders
Kitty Empire
Simon Reynolds’ hazy history of shoegaze

Thu 18 Jun 2026

Simon Reynolds’ hazy history of shoegaze
John Self
Meena Kandasamy’s Fieldwork As a Sex Object is a potent deepfake satire

Thu 18 Jun 2026

Meena Kandasamy’s Fieldwork As a Sex Object is a potent deepfake satire
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from Shakespeare in translation to Meena Kandasamy

Thu 18 Jun 2026

What to read this week, from Shakespeare in translation to Meena Kandasamy
Ben Zaranko
A survival guide for the age of trade warfare

Wed 17 Jun 2026

A survival guide for the age of trade warfare
Michael Pedersen
The Sunday Poem: from a plane

Sun 14 Jun 2026

The Sunday Poem: from a plane
Claire Powell
What to read to understand hotel life

Sat 13 Jun 2026

What to read to understand hotel life
The children’s books that shaped us

Sat 13 Jun 2026

The children’s books that shaped us
Lily Isaacs
Virginia Evans: ‘It’s bizarre how we let older women disappear’

Fri 12 Jun 2026

Virginia Evans: ‘It’s bizarre how we let older women disappear’
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Lyse Doucet: ‘Every day, Afghan women tell me they’re living in a prison’

Fri 12 Jun 2026

Lyse Doucet: ‘Every day, Afghan women tell me they’re living in a prison’
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson

Fri 12 Jun 2026

Paperback of the week: Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson
Lewis Huxley
Children’s books of the month: creature comforts

Thu 11 Jun 2026

Children’s books of the month: creature comforts
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from Anthony Blunt to Ocean Vuong

Thu 11 Jun 2026

What to read this week, from Anthony Blunt to Ocean Vuong
Seun Matiluko
Reclaiming the story of Africa

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Reclaiming the story of Africa
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’
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
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’
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

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