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A vivid cultural of digestion, from ancient Greece to All-Bran

Whether it’s Poirot’s vanity or Nero Wolfe’s agoraphobia, detectives have always had their vices, writes Nick Hilton. But as Inspector Rebus returns to screens for the first time since 2007, should there be a reappraisal of the troubled detective trope?

From memoirs and biographies to historical deep dives into the war’s most brutal battles, these are some of the best books about WWII

The new T+ rated one-shot focuses on Sabrina's rivals in witchcraft

The former PM has had a humour upgrade

Other lives: Fleet Street journalist and author of novels and travel books

The Seventies! The decade of flares, chevron moustaches and disco. Well forget all that. In Long Island, Colm Tóibín’s sequel to Fifties-set Brooklyn, it’s frosted glass doors, Vietnam protests on the tele and people suddenly trying to give up ciggies after years of carefree chain-smoking that indicate we have skipped…

Daniel Chacón's short story collection shows how fiction and superstition often mix with reality in the lives of many Chicanos.

Hunted by Abir Mukherjee; Bonehead by Mo Hayder; When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips; The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer

The British novelist on rereading the classics, his teenage love of outsiders, and discovering the brilliance of Anita Brookner