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We show we’re human when we put pen to paper

Letters: Students of literature in future will have far less to go on if handwriting becomes obsolete, writes Dr Claire Nicholson. Plus letters from Michael Daley, Alan Sekers, Alan Gough, Dr Emile de Sousa and Marie Paterson

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The pope’s memoir, Oscar nominees and a mafia exhibition – what to read, see and do this week

I finally got round to watching Conclave last week. Two hours of Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini in Oscar-nominated performances alongside Lucian Msamati and a stray papal turtle. The scandals. The tension. The outfits (also nominated). A sublime experience.

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Charlotte Raven obituary

Editor of the Modern Review and Guardian columnist who later chronicled her experience of Huntington’s disease

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Run Away: cast, plot and everything we know about the next Harlan Coben adaptation

Run Away is the next Harlan Coben adaptation to land on Netflix with James Nesbitt playing a father whose daughter goes missing.

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Thousands of romantasy fans make midnight dates with new Rebecca Yarros novel

Bookshops staged late-night parties – with fancy dress, quizzes and cakes – to launch the third instalment of novelist’s Empyrean series, Onyx Storm

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The New Patron Saints of Lesbian Fiction

Why the best queer writers are throwing plot out of the window

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Breaking the Rules of Gay Fiction, One Riotous Page at a Time

Brontez Purnell’s work burns with a frantic blend of lyricism and lewdness, desire and disgust

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'Children of Blood and Bone' Movie: Everything We Know About the Cast and Release Date

You won't believe how many A-listers are in the cast of this book-to-screen adaptation.

Marie Claire

Michael Longley, prize-winning poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85

Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council

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Michael Longley obituary

Belfast poet of exceptional poise and eloquence – but with a sardonic streak to temper his technical accomplishment

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Dozens of jobs at risk as DC Thomson to stop publishing four magazines

A SCOTTISH publisher is considering closing four magazines with 35 jobs at risk of redundancy only weeks after announcing tens of millions in…

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Unfinished Business by Shankari Chandran review – page-turning political thriller from Miles Franklin winner

The award-winning author has hit a more commercial note with this nuanced thriller about a CIA agent investigating the assassination of a journalist in Sri Lanka

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‘Secret Lowry’: the ex-gravedigger who painted northern life, from factory to fuggy pub

He repaired his car with Sellotape and kept his trousers up with rope. But Eric Tucker had a hidden life – painting drinkers, smokers and factory-workers without saccharine or sentiment. Now a book celebrates his extraordinary life

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The Grammar of Angels by Edward Wilson-Lee review – spellbound

The short, blazing life of Italian philosopher Pico della Mirandola

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The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth by Adrian Duncan review – the meaning of beauty

A sculptor embarks on a philosophical quest in this revelatory tale of love and loss, exploring our relationship with the divine

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British crime writer Mick Herron wins Crime Writers’ Association lifetime achievement award

The author of books such as Slow Horses and Down Cemetery Road receives the prestigious Diamond Dagger award for his contribution to the genre

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“Actions Have Consequences”: Mother Grounds Teen, Cancels Senior Trip After Uncovering Her Cheating

A mother grounds her teen daughter for cheating, only for the father to defend her, sparking a reminder of his own past infidelity. The post “Actions Have Consequences”: Mother Grounds Teen, Cancels Senior Trip After Uncovering Her Cheating first appeared on Bored Panda.

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My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers

It’s weird more high-street shops don’t behave like this. Friendliness is one of the few things they have going for them in the war against the machines, writes Joel Snape

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30Th Annual Audie Awards Nominees Announced

Explore the diverse nominees for the 30th Audie Awards, featuring renowned narrators and a wide range of audiobook genres.

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The kindness of strangers: I lost my Kindle – and the person who found it loved my book collection

We exchanged emails and arranged to meet. One friend quipped that if we got married it’d make a magnificent story

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D.H. Lawrence’s final days were marked by medical scepticism

As the NHS enters its annual winter crisis, we are encouraged to think carefully before ringing 111, 999 or going to A&E. Quite when to relinquish our bodies to the experts and accept all the accompanying anxieties of waiting for test results or treatment can be a problem, as it…

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Sweat by Emma Healey review – from trauma to treadmill

A personal trainer puts her abusive ex-boyfriend through his paces in a revenge tale from the author of Elizabeth Is Missing

Marie Claire

13 Fantasy Books to Read When You Need an Escape

If you need a bit of escapism, these #BookTok-obsessed series and enchanting novels will do the trick.

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“We have made the collective decision that 2025 will be our last year.” UK metal favourites Orange Goblin to break up after 2025 tour

The London metal crew will play in Europe and the US in spring and summer, and then… that’s all, folks!

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The Book of George by Kate Greathead review – male misadventures

This wryly comic tale follows the lives of a stunted antihero and his long-suffering girlfriend

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