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Chris Power
Paperback of the week – Israel: A Personal History by Göran Rosenberg

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week – Israel: A Personal History by Göran Rosenberg
Chris Power
The biographer of cancer writes a new chapter

Fri 30 Jan 2026

The biographer of cancer writes a new chapter
Catherine Taylor
The growing pains of Mark Haddon

Fri 30 Jan 2026

The growing pains of Mark Haddon
Marina Wheeler
What to read to understand Britain and Europe

Fri 30 Jan 2026

What to read to understand Britain and Europe
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Geetanjali Shree: ‘I’m absolutely against the purity of language’

Thu 29 Jan 2026

Geetanjali Shree: ‘I’m absolutely against the purity of language’
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from warring Murdochs to world-changing stories

Thu 29 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from warring Murdochs to world-changing stories
Basia Cummings
A good story can transport us to other worlds – or transform this one

Thu 29 Jan 2026

A good story can transport us to other worlds – or transform this one
Sarah Moss
Ali Smith’s Glyph goes back to the future

Thu 29 Jan 2026

Ali Smith’s Glyph goes back to the future
Tina Brown
Rupert Murdoch’s hunger games

Tue 27 Jan 2026

Rupert Murdoch’s hunger games
Kim Willsher
France’s far-right earthquake

Tue 27 Jan 2026

France’s far-right earthquake
Jeet Thayil
The Sunday Poem: Inheritance by Jeet Thayil

Sun 25 Jan 2026

The Sunday Poem: Inheritance by Jeet Thayil
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
When India was the seat of Islam

Fri 23 Jan 2026

When India was the seat of Islam
Anthony Cummins
The best debut novelists of 2026

Fri 23 Jan 2026

The best debut novelists of 2026
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from George Saunders to Jaipur literature festival

Thu 22 Jan 2026

What to read this week, from George Saunders to Jaipur literature festival
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha

Thu 22 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week: The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha
Anthony Cummins
George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil

Thu 22 Jan 2026

George Saunders’s sympathy for the devil
Tim Adams
Richard Flanagan: ‘Who do we love? How do we live? These questions haunt us’

Wed 21 Jan 2026

Richard Flanagan: ‘Who do we love? How do we live? These questions haunt us’
Tim Adams
Hallie Rubenhold: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’

Wed 21 Jan 2026

Hallie Rubenhold: ‘History is meant to be rewritten – it’s not fixed’
Olivia Ovenden
Confessions of a New England divorcee

Tue 20 Jan 2026

Confessions of a New England divorcee

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