The Guardian » 1 week ago
New Zealand’s former prime minister is a refreshingly informal narrator of her remarkable rise and fallJacinda Ardern was the future, once. New Zealand’s prime minister captured the world’s imagination with her empathetic leadership, her desire to prioritise the nation’s ...
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The Guardian » 5 days ago
A statue of the mythological father of poetry becomes an image of the declining authority of the art formHermes by Gabriele TintiWhat you were waiting for has gone.
You are sad and unable to sep...
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The Guardian » 4 days ago
Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre, the author of the Jack Reacher novels writes• ...
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The Guardian » 1 week ago
‘You could probably buy your books from cheaper places,’ says startup that will allow shoppers to choose between eight different charities to receive a titheA new online bookshop will donate 10% of the value of all purchases to charity....
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The Guardian » 6 days ago
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The Guardian » 5 days ago
Life is turned upside-down by a new arrival, in this weird and charming tale of nature and family – with a guest appearance from the ghost of Robert Louis StevensonOften thought of as the northernmost point of the British Isles, the Scottish island Muckle Flugga lies on t...
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The Guardian » 21 hours ago
Small, huge, camp, Star Trek-themed … weddings have changed beyond recognition, but we’re still reading out the same old Shakespeare sonnets. What to read at a modern ceremony? Plus, leading poets pick their favourites• ...
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LA Times » 3 weeks ago
In Madeleine Thien's speculative fiction about a climate-ravaged future, 7-year-old Lina learns from past voyagers and other time travelers. ...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 awardHeart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won this year’s International Book...
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The Guardian » 3 weeks ago
It’s human nature to trust strongmen, but we’ve also evolved the tools to resist themA recent piece of research commissioned by Channel 4 suggested that more than h...
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