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The writer, who would have turned 100 this week, spoke to, and from, America’s moral conscience

With the bestselling Other Minds, the philosopher dramatically changed our view of octopuses. Now, concluding his trilogy about the evolution of intelligence, he shows how animal life has shaped the planet itself

After writing a bestselling mystery novel, Kate Weinberg found herself in a plotless place with no neat, obvious ending: suffering the torturous, confusing ordeal of long Covid. Now she’s turned the experience into a funny, philosophical novel – one that, as Jessie Thompson knows from experience, perfectly captures the surreal…

IN 2022, the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) Act came into force in Scotland.

The new comic is drawn by Diego Olortegui

Ahead of new books by both, the two English novelists discuss their friendship, the baggage that comes with being labelled ‘northern writers’ and why the Krankies’ memoir is a must-read

The author on a musical tribute to Andy Warhol, the book that made her swear out loud, and an exciting new restaurant in Peckham

Jahnoy Lindsay will draw the new series

Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change.

Nearly a century after it was first published, Ex‑Wife remains relevant and scathing, writes the Really Good, Actually author

This ambitious debut uncovers a town’s dark past, in a story of teenage dissidence that is alert to the deceptions of propaganda