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The writer’s impressionistic second novel follows a pupil and teacher as they navigate the social codes of rural Ireland

Award launched at London book fair aims to help older authors take the plunge and submit a first work

‘Clock time’, all about productivity, money and economic growth, threatens to destroy us, says artist Jenny Odell. But there are other kinds of time, and we need to learn to embrace them

It’s also true that some of them can’t actually write yet

As the Swan of Avon celebrates his birthday on Sunday, the actor pays tribute to a ‘miraculous’ book that rescued plays such as The Tempest and Macbeth from oblivion

The Surgeon's Hall Museum is housed within a spectacular building on Nicolson Street and is home to a range of incredible exhibits including a small book with a cover made from the skin of a famous Edinburgh killer.

Advice on sex is available on myriad apps, sex toys are on the high street, and the science of sexual fufilment is blossoming. Will it all have the desired effect?

​The Brighton-based photographer’s tragicomic eye captures the tired remains of a ​moment in the sun – and ​ponders Englishness in the process

A mother’s frank and heartfelt tale of trying to free her son – labelled ‘Jihadi Jack’ by the press – from a Kurdish jail is the stuff of nightmares

From the first frantic lust-fuelled months, through to the dwindling desires on the road to breakup, former lovers (but still friends) recall the rollercoaster rides of their relationships

This year’s essential summer read is a smart pageturner about a family of one-per-centers in Brooklyn Heights. Editor turned debut novelist Jenny Jackson talks to Jessie Thompson about humanising the super-rich, how to solve income inequality, and what depresses her about publishing today