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Politicians should not be quizzed about why they don’t have children and forced to account for the horrific behaviour of their predecessor.

“Marlowe” is an adaptation of the 2014 book “The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel” by Irish novelist and Booker Award winner John Banville (“Doctor Copernicus”), writing as his pseudonymous other self Benjamin Black. It is a detective story set in 1939 Los Angeles, featuring Raymond Chandler’s immortal modern-day knight…

Book review: A new exposé of fringe politics performs an exceptional service but is poorly defined and lacking in evidence

Letter: The chair of the British Academy book prize, Prof Charles Tripp, responds to the news that the Women’s Prize Trust is launching a new award for non-fiction written by women

A New York federal judge says former President Donald Trump missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he didn't rape a longtime magazine advice columnist

Two leading young adult authors have a seven-figure book deal to write a pair of novels centered on Black, queer characters

Amanda Gorman’s next literary project is a collaboration with a prize-winning illustrator for a children’s book coming out this fall

Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell has spoken out against Prince Harry's behaviour toward the royal family, saying he needs to take accountability for the stress he has caused them

The official follow-up to the 1934 puzzle book, which saw a resurgence thanks to TikTok, is being written by the comedy writer who was one of the few people to solve the original

Oprah Winfrey has chosen Susan Cain’s “Bittersweet” as her new book club pick

‘It is one of the most extraordinary militaria finds we have ever made,’ auctioneer says