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Alex Clark
Stephanie Sy-Quia’s tale of religious and romantic devotion

Sat 28 Mar 2026

Stephanie Sy-Quia’s tale of religious and romantic devotion
Blake Morrison
What to read to understand memory

Sat 28 Mar 2026

What to read to understand memory
Catherine Taylor
Abdulrazak Gurnah: ‘Tanzania is deeply embedded in my imagination’

Fri 27 Mar 2026

Abdulrazak Gurnah: ‘Tanzania is deeply embedded in my imagination’
Olivia Ovenden
What to read this week, from Harry and Meghan to Alan Bennett’s diaries

Thu 26 Mar 2026

What to read this week, from Harry and Meghan to Alan Bennett’s diaries
Chris Power
You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love by Jean-Noël Orengo

Thu 26 Mar 2026

You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love by Jean-Noël Orengo
Giles Whittell
Does ‘Muskism’ mean anything?

Thu 26 Mar 2026

Does ‘Muskism’ mean anything?
Erica Wagner
Jan Morris, the traveller’s guide

Thu 26 Mar 2026

Jan Morris, the traveller’s guide
Tina Brown
Who will care for Harry and Meghan?

Tue 24 Mar 2026

Who will care for Harry and Meghan?
Lynn Barber
Who is the real Alan Bennett?

Tue 24 Mar 2026

Who is the real Alan Bennett?
Tobias Hill
The Sunday Poem: Gravity

Sun 22 Mar 2026

The Sunday Poem: Gravity
Lara Feigel
George Sand’s life of radical self-invention

Sat 21 Mar 2026

George Sand’s life of radical self-invention
‘This was literature as gelignite’

Sat 21 Mar 2026

‘This was literature as gelignite’
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Overnight by Dan Richards

Fri 20 Mar 2026

Paperback of the week: Overnight by Dan Richards
Alex Preston
John Lanchester’s warped generational satire

Thu 19 Mar 2026

John Lanchester’s warped generational satire
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Rebecca Solnit to Yoko Ono

Thu 19 Mar 2026

What to read this week, from Rebecca Solnit to Yoko Ono
Kathleen Jamie
Rebecca Solnit and the audacity of hope

Thu 19 Mar 2026

Rebecca Solnit and the audacity of hope
Richard Ovenden
How Thames & Hudson brought art to the masses

Thu 19 Mar 2026

How Thames & Hudson brought art to the masses
Lily Isaacs
Yoko Ono’s shadowed life

Wed 18 Mar 2026

Yoko Ono’s shadowed life
Lily Isaacs
The obsession with unmasking Elena Ferrante

Mon 16 Mar 2026

The obsession with unmasking Elena Ferrante
Stephen Sexton
The Sunday Poem: Lot 249

Sun 15 Mar 2026

The Sunday Poem: Lot 249
Elif Shafak
How Naz Shah broke a legacy of violence

Sun 15 Mar 2026

How Naz Shah broke a legacy of violence
Imogen Carter
Picture books of the month: finding your happy place

Sat 14 Mar 2026

Picture books of the month: finding your happy place
Sarah Dear
Why people are turning to AI for love, therapy and life after death

Sat 14 Mar 2026

Why people are turning to AI for love, therapy and life after death
Anthony Cummins
Isabel Waidner’s As If is a daring doppelganger puzzle

Thu 12 Mar 2026

Isabel Waidner’s As If is a daring doppelganger puzzle
Tom Gatti
What to read this week: understanding Iran, and Dunblane 30 years on

Thu 12 Mar 2026

What to read this week: understanding Iran, and Dunblane 30 years on
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur

Thu 12 Mar 2026

Paperback of the week: Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur
Killian Fox
Djamel White: ‘Dublin gangsters have a folkloric quality’

Thu 12 Mar 2026

Djamel White: ‘Dublin gangsters have a folkloric quality’
Ruth Michaelson
What to read to understand Iran

Thu 12 Mar 2026

What to read to understand Iran
Nicola Sturgeon
The avoidable tragedy of Dunblane

Thu 12 Mar 2026

The avoidable tragedy of Dunblane
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
Anthony Cummins
Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling
Fred Harter
The most famous author you might not know

Fri 6 Mar 2026

The most famous author you might not know
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
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

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