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Jade Cuttle
Poetry book of the month: Gravity Archives by Andrew Motion

Sat 28 Mar 2026

Poetry book of the month: Gravity Archives by Andrew Motion
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
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
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’
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
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
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
Austin McCoy
What to read to understand hip-hop

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What to read to understand hip-hop
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
Killian Fox
Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story prize

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story prize

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