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A witty and empathetic examination of the merits and limitations of optimism is a helpful guide with a hopeful message for uncertain times

Mozambique’s long history of nation-building is still unfinished. The country is still pursuing a cohesive national identity, stable institutions, and the economic foundations that would unify diverse groups. This is crucial to foster harmony and political stability.

The book will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales because many find the racial slurs upsetting. That’s culture war fodder, but it shouldn’t be, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

Bestselling author and Netflix producer said extensive early experience of grief was ‘very cruel but effective teacher’

The author recalled how he was in his 20s when his father died of a heart attack, at the age of 59, in 1988.

Unfolding over 24 hours, this captivating novel set inside the head of a woman consumed by her obsessions is as engrossing as it is unusual

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The musician and photographer on escaping the shadow of his father, writing a memoir with a difference, and why his days of wallowing are over