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Sometimes, it really is true — they don’t make them like they used to, even fogs. London was once the home of the pea-souper – but have you noticed one lately? That’s almost certainly a good thing, though. The worst ever hit in December 1952: “an all encompassing smoke-laden yellow…

Sometimes learning about history hurts. But if we want to heal from these wounds, we first have to learn the truth.

Marine Corps veteran Nathan Thornsberry’s book describes itself as an ‘eyewitness account of the events of January 6th, 2021’

Few things are more wonderful than well-written and produced children’s books. They captivate kids, families and classrooms, leaving lifelong impressions. They shape our world. But for the most part, engaging and scientifically accurate children’s books on Australian animals – particularly the lesser-known species – are sorely lacking.

Other lives: Writer and lecturer on Catholic culture and founder of communities in Scotland and Massachusetts

'Moroseta Kitchen - A Window Into The Puglian Countryside' by Giorgia Eugenia Goggi is based on the essence of eating in Italy, rooted in farm to table seasonal recipes

Spontaneous Acts by German-Japanese writer Yoko Tawada follows a fierce and scrupulous search for connection and meaning in a noisy and overwhelming world emerging from the loneliness of COVID lockdowns.

Like many others, I have been waiting with bated breath for the publication of Irish literary sensation Sally Rooney’s fourth novel, Intermezzo, in September. Rooney is at once a distinctive voice in contemporary literary fiction and the generational product of a particular moment in Irish history. As such, and in…

With fine performances from Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong, Benedict Lombe’s will-they-won’t-they love story – which has high-profile backing from Idris Elba, Little Simz and Maya Jama – is another fresh hit originating from the Bush Theatre