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Raynor Winn is claimed to have taken ‘around £64,000’ from a former employer and lied about being homeless – accusations that Winn calls ‘highly misleadi […]

Representatives for the couple at the centre of the story have called the accusations ‘misleading’

    70. The Giver. Lois Lowry. 1993. Houghton Mifflin. 180 pages. [Source:
Library] [5 stars, Children’s Fiction; Dystopia; MG Fiction; Newbery Medal]
First […]

   69. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of
Shackleton and the Endurance. Jennifer Armstrong. 1998. Random House.
144 […]

Humanity’s ancient relationship with bees is tracked from our earliest times through a history of ‘woman’s work’ to our collective peril todayCuevas de la Araña ( […]

This brilliant short-story collection confronts the knotty truths of Northern Ireland’s bloody pastThe literature of the Troubles is a rich one, from Seamus H […]

Not only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, tooMoney can buy comfort, but energy makes comfort possible in the […]

Having made waves as part of the alt-lit movement, the US author is poised to go mainstream with The Stalker, her most exhilarating work yetWhen I arrive at Paula […]

Adam Buxton is probably best known now as a podcaster, but this second volume of his autobiography goes back to his days working with school friend and collaborator […]

This book is set in the Yorkshire Dales, with a young couple living in a bleak cottage by a field where nothing grows. They are both grieving for the death of their […]

  This week I read books. 64. Death on the Nile. Agatha Christie. 1937/2007. Black Dog & Leventhal. 352 pages. [Source: Library]Read this if….You enjoy vintage […]

This blackly comic debut is an astute and funny examination of the pain and pleasure of first loveThe heart is a peculiar organ. It wants what it wants, as Emily […]

Dear Jane, I’m devastated. All my lovely white socks got washed with my multicoloured tie-dyed shirts and now none of them match. I’ve got an important interview […]

Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a rec […]

Mouth by Mona Arshi; The Anchorage by Bernard O’Donoghue; Guaracara by Fawzia Muradali Kane; Bunting’s Honey by Moya Cannon; Old World by Robert Crawford; Joy Is […]

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The One Day author on laughing hysterically at Adrian Mole and coming around to PersuasionMy earliest reading memoryThe Very Hungry Caterpillar. There wasn’t much t […]

A subtle, intriguing sequel revisits two girls as they grow into adults and question the impact of their unconventional upbringingEsther Freud’s childhood on the M […]