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8 of the best new gardening books this autumn

Practical advice, inspiration and money-saving gardening tips are all on offer.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024

The Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – inside the minds of extraordinary Black men

The author inhabits the perspective of five figures, from Malcolm X to footballer Justin Fashanu, in this lyrical account of their lives, a thrilling affront to the archives that exclude them

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024

Is Jilly Cooper right – has running really replaced our sex drive?

The racy novelist said she thinks pounding pavements has taken the place of the, er, more X-rated form of pounding. Helen Coffey asks if she’s right – and whether exercise is really to blame for us going off the boil in the bedroom department

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024

Richard Webb obituary

Other lives: Publisher who turned a rediscovered manuscript into the global bestseller The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Michael Bowyer obituary

Other lives: Teacher and aviation historian who wrote many popular books about his subject

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Where to start with: Truman Capote

Want to get stuck in to the work of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s author? Here are some good ways in

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Elias Khoury obituary

Lebanese novelist best known for his 1998 book Gate of the Sun, which he said was an act of love for the Palestinian people

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Polari prize shortlists include Munroe Bergdorf, Jon Ransom and Lex Croucher

Prize founder Paul Burston says shortlisted books ‘remind us of the power of queer storytelling at a time when some would see our books and stories banned’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024

Hedi Slimane’s latest Celine collection is an homage to the leading ladies of 1960s France: watch the film

Inspired by listening to The Velvet Underground and Nico while re-reading Françoise Sagan, Hedi Slimane pays ode to legendary French it-girls like Sagan, Françoise Hardy and Juliette Gréco with a collection rooted in the liberatory spirit of the 1960s

Wallpaper · Sep 30, 2024

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – one for the ages

Key moments in an actor’s life over seven decades are illuminated with skill and quiet power in this languid and stately novel

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2024