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Megha Mohan
What to read to understand matriarchy

Sun 8 Mar 2026

What to read to understand matriarchy
Anthony Cummins
Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling

Sat 7 Mar 2026

Howard Jacobson’s great unravelling
Fred Harter
The most famous author you might not know

Fri 6 Mar 2026

The most famous author you might not know
Stephanie Merritt
On trauma and terriers: Fatima Bhutto’s The Hour of the Wolf

Fri 6 Mar 2026

On trauma and terriers: Fatima Bhutto’s The Hour of the Wolf
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Monet by Jackie Wullschläger

Fri 6 Mar 2026

Paperback of the week: Monet by Jackie Wullschläger
Tom Gatti
What reading aloud to my children taught me

Thu 5 Mar 2026

What reading aloud to my children taught me
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Lucy Apps’s Gloria Don’t Speak is a profound and important debut

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Lucy Apps’s Gloria Don’t Speak is a profound and important debut
Sophie McBain
Michael Pollan tackles the hard problem of consciousness

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Michael Pollan tackles the hard problem of consciousness
Sean O’Hagan
Alice Coltrane’s search for the musical divine

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Alice Coltrane’s search for the musical divine
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Alice Coltrane to Michael Pollan

Thu 5 Mar 2026

What to read this week, from Alice Coltrane to Michael Pollan
Killian Fox
Graphic novel of the month: Dear Historian by Joff Winterhart

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Graphic novel of the month: Dear Historian by Joff Winterhart
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Leone Ross: ‘I was ignorant about racism in Britain’

Wed 4 Mar 2026

Leone Ross: ‘I was ignorant about racism in Britain’
Mary Jean Chan
The Sunday Poem: Laundry

Sun 1 Mar 2026

The Sunday Poem: Laundry
Róisín Lanigan
The problem with the Good Slut manifesto

Sat 28 Feb 2026

The problem with the Good Slut manifesto
Anthony Quinn
How the British let loose between the wars

Sat 28 Feb 2026

How the British let loose between the wars
Justine Picardie
What to read to understand the politics of royal fashion

Sat 28 Feb 2026

What to read to understand the politics of royal fashion
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy
Rowan Williams
Goethe the radical reactionary

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Goethe the radical reactionary
Jade Cuttle
Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by Rishi Dastidar

Thu 26 Feb 2026

Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by Rishi Dastidar
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Tarantula by Eduardo Halfon

Thu 26 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: Tarantula by Eduardo Halfon
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Toni Morrison to indie publishing

Thu 26 Feb 2026

What to read this week, from Toni Morrison to indie publishing
Sara Collins
The dazzling, difficult art of Toni Morrison

Wed 25 Feb 2026

The dazzling, difficult art of Toni Morrison
Anthony Cummins
Neil Griffiths: ‘Mainstream presses are not taking risks’

Tue 24 Feb 2026

Neil Griffiths: ‘Mainstream presses are not taking risks’
Lavinia Greenlaw
Making books with Margaret Busby

Sun 22 Feb 2026

Making books with Margaret Busby
Will Eaves
The Sunday Poem: Dad As Voyager

Sun 22 Feb 2026

The Sunday Poem: Dad As Voyager
Anthony Cummins
Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Base Notes by Adelle Stripe

Fri 20 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: Base Notes by Adelle Stripe
Mark Solms
What to read to understand Freud

Fri 20 Feb 2026

What to read to understand Freud

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