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Drop the pretence: instead of parading a love of highbrow literature, just enjoy the books you want to read

As the Bond franchise heads to the online giant, thriller author William Boyd foresees a slew of spin-offs and says AI is not a threat to human screenwriters

The award-winning Australian’s deconstruction of the novel form is a rich pleasure

For more than 50 years I’ve revelled in the epic, electrifying courage of boxing. But deaths, gangsterism and sportswashing have made it much harder to love

The comedian reflects on mortality and the new course his life has now taken in this warm account of his cancer diagnosis and treatment

With this grisly yet witty thriller, Lawrance’s Millie instantly joins the ranks of greatest ever TV cops

Procrastination may be my one true gift. I’m one of those go-getters who, when the going gets tough and a job needs to get done, will find something else to do. Even the smallest thing, like making a cup of tea or providing my child with medication, can be delayed…

Chef and author’s assistant Laurie Woolever details her close bond with Bourdain and the final days before his death by suicide in ‘Care and Feeding: A Memoir’

Bestselling crime novelist Joseph Wambaugh, who mined his own experience as a Los Angeles police officer, has died at 88

At the heart of the BBC’s new series Miss Austen is a fictional Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes). Reviews have stressed that the real life Cassandra’s destruction of her sister Jane Austen’s letters has been considered one of the greatest acts of literary vandalism in history. These letters would…

Letters: In response to an article about a CIA operation, Carl Gardner on tense days travelling to Prague, and David Parker on his father posting letters inserted into the Guardian