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The Cooking of Books: Ram Guha’s love letter to the peculiarity of editors

In the preface of his book The Cooking of Books, the story of his relationship with his reticent editor Rukun Advani, Ramachandra Guha writes that he presumes readers will interpret it in different ways.

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Shardlake on Disney+ review: Arthur Hughes is magnetic in this Tudor murder mystery

Move over Wolf Hall, there’s a new Tudor drama in town

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Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘Cricket had shown aggressive behavior’

South Dakota governor says she ‘understands why some people are upset’ about story of shooting family puppy but points to state law

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A page-turner: how to get your reading groove back

Letters: Readers share their tips on discovering new authors and reading more widely

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Shutting the door on free movement of young people is a mistake

Letters: Axel Scheffler, the illustrator of The Gruffalo, on the government’s rejection of a youth mobility scheme with the EU. Plus a letter from Ray Kirtley

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The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing review – an Eden project of her own

While a cast of literary heavyweights grace Laing’s account of her garden restoration, the real joys lie in her detailed description of the pruning and the planting and the soothing effect on her state of mind

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First true copy of Ravi Varma’s Indulekha to be unveiled on Monday

Unveiling of Raja Ravi Varma's Indulekha painting copy at Kilimanoor Palace on his 176th birth anniversary.

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England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – a searing indictment of factionalism

The lives of two east London teenagers become fatally entwined in an assured debut novel addressing themes of masculinity and marginalisation

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It’s hard being black in France, says Omar Sy after Aya Nakamura racism row

Star of Lupin says notions of justice, equality and fraternity have been shaken along with his optimism

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‘Nervous of its own boldness’: the (almost) radical rebirth of King’s Cross

The two-decade transformation of the industrial site north of King’s Cross station in London, once notorious, now a pleasant enclave of offices, homes, shops, bars and boulevards, is essentially complete. It’s a huge success – and yet is there something missing?

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My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes review – love and shenanigans in a new Walsh sister story

In the bestselling novelist’s latest, Anna Walsh moves back to Dublin and falls for an old flame in a comical tale of grit, growth and self-acceptance

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The Other Boleyn Girl review – the sexual strategising of the conniving Boleyn family brought sharply to life

Mike Poulton’s adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s novel shows how the sisters refuse to be passive victims

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Sunset Song review – a lively if melodramatic take on Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel

Morna Young’s new adaptation, directed by Finn den Hertog, captures the earthiness of rural life in early 1900s Scotland, but it needs to dig deeper

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An Unholy Traffic: how the slave trade continued through the US civil war

In a new book, Robert KD Colby of the University of Mississippi shows how the Confederacy remained committed to slavery

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In brief: Earth; Vassal State; The Penguin History of Modern Spain – review

John Boyne’s pacy novella about an Irish footballer caught up in a sex scandal; Angus Hanton’s exploration of our ‘special relationship’ with America; and a cliche-free portrait of Spain

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‘Generous and reflective’: letters show other sides to macho Ernest Hemingway

In the mid-1930s, the novelist, then a controversial war correspondent, encouraged aspiring writers with frankness and humour

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The big picture: Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence

Taken over several years, the British photographer’s latest series shows her world narrowing as loss, and lockdown, strike

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A tree called poetry

Discover simple, accessible poems in this insightful narrative

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Moses McKenzie: ‘I was thinking about the predicament of the black British diaspora’

The award-winning Bristol-raised novelist on his new book about a teenage Rastafarian living in the city in volatile times, how he was influenced by The Catcher in the Rye - and being celebrated by a Tory politician

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‘These people matter’: why Diana Matar photographs the sites where US police have killed civilians

The celebrated US photographer’s new series is a quietly devastating commemoration and a critique of modern American culture

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On my radar: Shami Chakrabarti’s cultural highlights

The politician and lawyer on Salman Rushdie’s remarkable memoir, Manchester’s magnificent music school and powerful depictions of wars both real and imagined

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Salman Rushdie’s Knife: Poignant, but the writer plays second fiddle to the activist

A little more than a decade ago, speaking at a conclave in India, Salman Rushdie reminded his audience of how the ancient Indian text Natya Shastra had specific mention of the gods defending the idea of freedom of expression and, more specifically, in the realm of arts. In particular, Rushdie…

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‘My favourite stories are love stories’: Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction

With four million copies sold and three books in adaptation, the Beach Read author is riding high. She talks about hope, TikTok tropes and escapism

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England Is Mine by Nicolas Padamsee review – battle lines are drawn

Two teenage boys come of age in a divided and radicalised London in this politically charged debut