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Ian McEwan has released his 19th novel which is titled “What We Can Know.”

From the satirical to the sublime, these books are simply, quintessentially, London

Editorial: Tracey Emin is right, women keep on creating into old age. Their work is finally getting the attention it deserves

Between 1939 and 1945, around 10% of concentration camp guards were women, yet these Aufseherinnen (overseers) as they were known, barely feature in Holocaust history or literature. On the few occasions they do appear, it is most commonly as a masculinised sadist when the reality was much more complex.

Acclaimed author first person to be on honours list after death

Smith was among the famous faces who paid tribute to Amis at his memorial service

The ‘Cleopatra and Frankenstein’ author also told Hay Festival audiences that being a mother is not ‘an enemy to being an artist’

Friends, family and colleagues will celebrate the author with tributes and readings at St Martin-in-the-Fields church with limited tickets available for members of the public

While the author’s account of the 2022 murder attempt is a courageous defence of free speech, it is also shot through with self-regard, making it a sometimes hard book to admire