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Memoir merges with fiction as the author reflects on failed love, ageing and the end of life in this last instalment to his writing career

"She was a tough customer – as she should have been"

It's about to get hot in here.

Netflix’s new murder-mystery has me revisiting one of the best Agatha Christie thriller miniseries ever made, and you should binge it now.

French publisher Hachette has recalled a middle-school dictionary that described the Israeli victims of the 7 October 2023 attacks as "Jewish settlers" after an antisemitism watchdog raised concerns, promising to review all its textbooks and educational materials.

Hard on the publication of Sherlock Holmes, there came another book of crime stories, with a shrewd, fearless protagonist, a master of disguise, and his less clever sidekick. The Raffles stories by EW Hornung, Conan Doyle’s brother-in-law — now published in a new selection — differed fundamentally from the original,…

Grieving, bruised and divided on the wisdom of foreign-backed revolt, how can the Iranian people achieve change?

The King of Horror weighed in on the footage that has been used to demonize or justify the role of ICE across the political spectrum.

Roberts spent two decades with The Independent from its inception until his retirement in 2006