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Former Met PC Alice Vinten says online abuse worse since publication of book about women in force that inspired BBC drama

One woman’s bizarre claim about a Scholastic book featuring a single kiss is part of a coordinated assault on US free speech

Sometimes it is difficult to take literature festivals too seriously. Jaipur, the daddy of them all, always has enough big-name writers to make up for the annoying presence of Bollywood stars and politicians (even if some of them can read). Sponsors are seen as necessary evils, and there is a…

Apple TV Plus continues exploring the universe of the sci-fi show 'Foundation' with a third season approval .

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From Paul Murray’s brilliant tragicomedy to Barbra Streisand’s epic memoir, Guardian critics pick the year’s best fiction, politics, science, children’s books and more. Tell us about your favourite books in the comments

Ryan Grim provides an exhaustive account of challenges faced – and sometimes failed – by the US progressive stars

In 1861, an inauguration took place in a crisis. History was set to repeat itself in 2021 – but one Republican had done her research

From Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting to Zadie Smith’s The Fraud, and a companion to Nineteen Eighty-Four – this year’s fiction highlights

Weird Walk is a bizarrely wonderful compendium of mystical places to visit on foot in the UK

The author had previously denied ever writing the two names in the English manuscript, while the Dutch publisher initially chalked the blunder down to a ‘translation error’