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On the Clock by Claire Baglin review – a fast food novel for a refined palate

Tensions sizzle alongside burgers in the hazy timelines and brisk prose of the French writer’s disorienting debut

The Guardian - UK

The Alienation Effect by Owen Hatherley review – how immigrants reshaped postwar Britain

Behind many symbols of quintessentially British culture – from Picture Post to Pevsner’s guides – were refugees who fled Europe in the 1930s and 40s

The Guardian - UK

Sydney erotic novel author charged after outrage over ‘child abuse material’ in book

Erotic novel ‘Daddy’s Little Toy’ has been accused of ‘featuring paedophilia’, while the author has called the outcry a ‘big misunderstanding’

The Independent UK

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‘Impressive, ingenious and affecting’ poem about missing an absent son wins National Poetry Competition

Fiona Larkin’s poem uses Finnish grammar to explore her feelings about her son’s move from the UK to Brisbane

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Anne Enright wins a $175k Windham-Campbell prize

Awarded to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, 2025’s recipients include novelist Sigrid Nunez, playwright Roy Williams and poet Anthony V Capildeo

The Guardian - UK

Charity shop workers left ‘speechless’ as donated Bible sells for £56,000

The Bible in Chinese, dated 1815-1822, had been given to Oxfam’s Chelmsford bookshop in Essex

Evening Standard

East of Empire: partitioning of India and Palestine unleashed the violent conflict that continues today

What can Indian and Pakistani press archives, government records and memoirs tell us about the Middle East of the 1920s and ’30s, when Britain’s empire was in its twilight years? What did the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, the movement for Egyptian independence, or the crisis in British Mandate Palestine…

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The Last Anniversary review – Liane Moriarty adaptation with one of Australian TV’s best ensembles

As expected, this six-part series is full of mystery, family drama and rich people hiding secrets. But it’s also surprisingly nuanced, thanks to its A-game performances

The Guardian - AU

What’s new beautiful? The expert’s guide to this week’s best beauty

Rose Beer introduces this week’s best beauty buys.

Evening Standard

Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance

Millions of people were abducted from west Africa and forcibly trafficked to the Americas over the 400 years of the transatlantic slave trade, from the 15th to the 19th century.

The Conversation

The big idea: should you dump your toxic friend?

Self-help pundits advise us to cut difficult people out of our lives, but it’s not the only option

The Guardian - UK

Sir David Murray to disclose untold Rangers story in tell-all autobiography

David Murray to reveal untold Rangers story in tell-all autobiography

The National (Scotland)

Amanda Knox reveals how she survived four years in an Italian prison on murder charges

More than a decade has passed since Amanda Knox was freed from prison after serving time for the murder of her 21-year-old roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Italy. But what happened next? Knox’s new memoir Free: My Search for Meaning reveals the difficulty of reintegrating back into society.…

The Independent UK

10 Books to Read for a Killer Vacation

Pack these novels about vacations gone very wrong on your next trip.

Marie Claire

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Lost diary of Scottish artist discovered nearly 50 years after his death

A DIARY belonging to acclaimed Scottish artist Duncan Grant has been discovered nearly 50 years after his death in 1978 ...

Evening Standard

Lauryn Goodman 'to release tell-all book' in fresh blow for Kyle Walker

Goodman shares two children with the England and AC Milan defender

The Guardian - UK

Bath, balls and Darcy’s pile: where to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a fan of Jane Austen must be in want of festivities to mark her big birthday. Here are some of the best

The Guardian - UK

What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a flawed polemic

In attempting to contextualise the murky evolution of freedom of expression, the British historian has instead given encouragement to authoritarians of all stripes

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Universality by Natasha Brown review – a fabulous fable about the politics of storytelling

A terrific second novel from the British author of Assembly examines what it means to be truthful – and who really benefits when facts come to light

The Guardian - UK

Why decolonise Shakespeare when all the world’s a stage for his ideas on injustice?

The trend for cultural reappraisal could risk upholding the very ideas it aims to dismantle

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: Hicham Benohoud frames the classroom as theatre

While working as an art teacher in the 90s, the Moroccan photographer collaborated with his students to play with the confines of the educational system

The Independent UK

This book brings the grim horrors of London’s rental market to life

THE READING LIST: As Irish writer and journalist Róisín Lanigan publishes her debut novel about a young couple who move into a property too good to be true, Katie Rosseinsky looks into the recent rise of fiction unravelling the nightmarish realities of London’s housing market

The Guardian - UK

Poet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’

The Jamaican-born author on exploring nature and black identity in his nonfiction debut, his chaotic writing habits, and how the TS Eliot prize changed his life

The Guardian - US

The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities

International trade boomed with the city’s early adoption of technological and economic changes, but Black neighborhoods became ‘sacrifice zones’

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Raja Shehadeh’s cultural highlights

The Palestinian writer and campaigner on Mahler, Gaza, Edinburgh – and the peace of his West Bank garden

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