Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Books

Chef Bobby Flay looks back at the dishes that made him a star in new cookbook, 'Chapter One'

Bobby Flay’s latest cookbook is really a sort of recipe for how Bobby Flay was made

The Independent UK

Five of the best science fiction books of 2024

From a post-apocalyptic dystopia to a brilliant time-travel debut, a far-future take on humanity and more

The Guardian - UK

‘I had this animal, physical desire to be with my child’: author Rachel Yoder on writing Nightbitch

The novelist’s cult book about a stay-at-home mother who turns into a dog is now a film starring Amy Adams. She talks about modern parenting, breaking taboos, and how Trump’s win spurred her to write

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Five of the best romance books of 2024

Wedding mayhem, a story of lifelong love and fake‑relationship comedy are among the highlights

The Guardian - UK

The best graphic novels of 2024

Arthurian legend, dark family secrets, monsters, princesses and a Russian detective in this year’s picks

The Guardian - UK

Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel review – 100 years of magical thinking

Edwin Frank’s finely judged survey of modern fiction from Dostoevsky to Sebald will have you reaching for novels you hadn’t thought about in years

The Guardian - UK

Best non-fiction books of 2024: True crime, fandom and the dangers of nostalgia

THE LIST: From investigations into digital algorithms and the impact of smartphones to a history of Victoria’s Secret, there’s something for everyone in Katie Rosseinsky’s edit of 2024’s best non-fiction

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Rare book with handwritten notes by Adam Smith to go on display

An annotated volume, part of the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher’s library, is being displayed in his home town of Kirkcaldy, Fife.

The Independent UK

Emma review – a Regency comedy as light as a pillow fight

Set in a nonspecific Austenland inspired more by Hollywood than history, this is an energetic, puppyish production that is easy to like

The Guardian - UK

Joyce Crick obituary

Other lives: Lecturer in German literature at the University of London and translator of works by Freud

The Guardian - UK

Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah review – hallelujah! A fresh take on the composer’s much-loved work

By revealing the murky circumstances in which it was created, Charles King’s fascinating history of the oratorio shows it in a new light

The Guardian - UK

The Best of All Possible Worlds by Michael Kempe review – portrait of an optimistic thinker

A newly translated biography rescues Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz – the 17th-century German philosopher – from Voltaire’s parody of him as a sunny but deluded soul

The Guardian - UK

The Witcher 4 dev wastes no time jumping into the new book after its Polish release

"Today is the day of celebration for everyone who loves The Witcher."

GamesRadar

Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo review – a playful tale of interspecies affection

The Finnish novelist’s reissued debut, about a man who rescues and cares for a troll, still feels fresh and bright 20 years on

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

The Three Musketeers review – a swashbuckler without a dramatic cutting edge

Theresa Heskins’s Dumas adaptation provides fantastic action yet reduces the scheming servant Milady to a plot device

The Guardian - UK

The House of Gazes by Daniele Mencarelli review – a slow-burn tale of lives on the margins

A poet’s job in a children’s hospital relieves his depression in the Italian’s rewarding debut novel

The Guardian - UK

‘She is an eyewitness’- how Merkel’s ‘office manager’ played key role in memoir

Little-known Beate Baumann’s partnership with the former German chancellor goes back to 1992

Evening Standard

Secret venue chosen for Sadiq Khan's next public Q&A session

Concerns over the event being “disrupted” mean that the location will be revealed to ticket holders only a few days in advance

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Freedom by Angela Merkel review – her lips are sealed

The ex-German chancellor’s memoir details the myriad issues she faced, from the 2008 financial crash to Covid-19, but studiously avoids much in the way of insights and analysis

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: a lost office world of endless paper and big cigars

Lars Tunbjörk’s late-90s picture of a Manhattan legal firm recalls a time before modular sofas and mobile phones

The Independent UK

Books of the month: what to read this December

BOOKS: Martin Chilton shares his December reading highlights

The National (Scotland)

Scotland becomes independent after a military coup in this novel by a former No voter

WHEN will Scotland become independent? May 31st, according to David Lee Knight’s recently published novel Scotland – Independence Day ...

The Guardian - UK

How I brought a Jewish wartime refugee’s lost fairytale back to life

Ulrich Boschwitz, who wrote the recently rediscovered thriller The Passenger, left another gift behind him when his life was tragically cut short. I had the honour of reinterpreting it for today’s children

Evening Standard

GoldenEye, Jamaica: the low-key hideaway steeped in A-list history

This long-running resort has links to everyone from Naomi Campbell to Ian Fleming — and it should be on the bucket list of every self-respecting traveller, says Ben Cobb

The Guardian - UK

It’s heartbreaking so few children read for pleasure – and sad to know the reasons why

When people face financial pressure and child poverty is so high, it’s hard to prioritise family reading, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

1 … 221 222 223 224

People

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Edinburgh

257 stories

Macmillan

187 stories

the University of Glasgow

the University of London

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.