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The journalist and author on meeting Nick Hornby, siding with Sylvia Plath, and finding comfort in cookery books

The former culture secretary has reportedly refused to hand over a transcript

Individuals and campaigners tell of damage done by powerful people using the courts to try to shut down investigative reporting

Giorgia Meloni and the hard right are celebrating JRR Tolkien’s saga – while taking over Italy’s key cultural institutions, says Florence-based author Jamie Mackay

In an exclusive extract from Bay Garnett’s new book Style and Substance, Bella Freud details her life in fashion

Perumal Murugan's two books, Fire Bird and Sandalwood Soap, launched within a month of each other, reflect the global appetite for local, earthy stories that transcend particularities. His protagonists, like Muthu and Velatha, are Everyman figures, and readers cheer them on. Murugan's mastery of craft and regional sensibility make his…

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Hidden Codex returns to the world of the hit game for a bit of magic and mystery

The Ontario government recently made a welcome announcement that as of September 2025, lessons on the Holocaust will be included in the mandatory history class for Grade 10 students. The announcement precedes Neuberger Holocaust Education Week at the Toronto Holocaust Museum, which runs Nov. 1–9.

From Marvel movies to royal dramas, here is where you've seen the All the Light We Cannot See cast.

Netflix's adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel boasts a talented international cast.

Natalie Zemon Davis, who died on October 21 just short of her 95th birthday, was probably the best-known and most well-regarded of North American historians since the 1970s. She published her first book, Society and Culture in Early Modern France, in 1975 and was writing the final pages of her…