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The courageous women who stepped forward to testify didn’t expect to be put on trial themselves. Helen Coffey speaks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley, whose new book ‘The Lasting Harm’ exposes the current legal system’s exploitation and mistreatment of the very people who deserve protection

5 ways libertarianism needs to up its game.

Fierce Elegy by Peter Gizzi; Adam by Gboyega Odubanjo; Bark, Archive, Splinter by Jay Gao; Polkadot Wounds by Anthony Vahni Capildeo; Goodlord by Ella Frears; Skeletons by Deborah Landau

Joe Gaminara’s narration pumps up the lyricism of Porter’s scuzzy odyssey of drugs, drink, youth violence and doomed romance

Cassidy Grady’s Sunday reading series ‘Confessions’ seeks fresh avenues for creative expression in wake of pandemic

Melancholy is deftly evoked in this sentimental portrait of young love and precarity, from the author of My Name Is Yip

A sweeping study of Mitchell’s life and work that swerves familiar touchstones to create a vibrant, multi-faceted portrait

My seminar picks for 2024 (and every year since 2005).

His new politics book aimed at 6 - 9 year old is out today

This writer’s tantalising second novel is packed with marvellous characters, whose unfurling stories examine generational secrets

Women’s Football in Africa, the first in-depth book on the subject, traces the history of women’s soccer from initially being banned through to today’s growing numbers of fans and broadcasting potential. It’s a story of triumph despite enormous barriers – among them sexism, abuse, homophobia and religion. We asked its…