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The Dylan scholar won’t accept any criticism of his idol unless he himself is wielding the sword in his latest exhaustive attempt to understand the ultimate unreliable narrator

A former aide in Donald Trump's White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election that his wife complained his suits smelled “like a bonfire.”

The writer’s alternative history – a thriller set in a 1920s US with a huge and thriving Native American population – underlines the range and power of his imagination

The classicist on autocrats ancient and modern, free speech in universities and whether Twitter has been a force for good

The assortment of conspiracists who blockaded parliament was laughably incoherent. Yet change is coming that could awaken dark forces, says the Irish author Fintan O’Toole

Learn new skills and be inspired by a raft of new gardening titles, reviewed by Hannah Stephenson.

Editorial: Progress has been made. But as the wounds of Brexit heal, literature has a key role to play in building a new entente cordiale

First edition masterpieces are up for grabs this week at an antiquarian book auction

Hyderabad Reads: Free-for-all book reading community encourages people to drop phones and return to books. 150 readers gather at KBR Park every Sat, 4.30-7pm, with books, snacks, mats. Entry fee ₹45. Curators Quadri & Barik provide literary oasis, 3K+ followers in 4 months.