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Northern Lights by Philip Pullman audiobook review – a mesmerising reading by Ruth Wilson

The actor narrates the first book in the author’s beloved His Dark Materials trilogy, giving a richly textured performance

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

An Olympian’s picture book; a miscellany of marvellous kids; volcanoes explained; a dark Celtic adventure; and when teen wishes go wrong

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Elizabeth Strout: ‘I would never ask someone to read my books!’

The Pulitzer winner on rereading Virginia Woolf, falling out of love with John Cheever, and the Pushkin story that made her cry

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty

In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door

The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2024

Erotic Review ‘moving away from the male gaze’ with 80% female contributors

The relaunched magazine’s second issue will also showcase ‘more diverse and inclusive explorations of desire’ and one of the last works by Scottish author John Burnside

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

1984 review – Keith Allen’s sadistic superior emanates controlled rage

Allen gives a capable performance in an arresting production that gives a chilling sense of state control – but the central romance fails to fizz

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

Twenty-five years after he became the Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver is back with another cookbook

Twenty-five years after he burst onto the scene as the Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver returns with ‘Simply Jamie’ – a collection of over 130 effortless recipes for busy midweek dinners and comforting traybakes, all made from store cupboard staples. Lauren Taylor picks three standout recipes for you to try at…

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

David Olusoga’s new book joins the struggle to make Black history mainstream

For decades, Black history in the UK has been siloed from the mainstream, as if incidental to the nation’s history. Black History Month in October is dedicated to celebrating Black heritage, but the rest of the year, it feels largely neglected and ignored. Public historian and broadcaster David Olusoga, is…

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2024

Sally Rooney kicks off book event with impassioned pro-Palestine speech: ‘Keep protesting’

Exclusive: The ‘Normal People’ author urged listeners to ‘not give in to despair’

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

It's Time to Confront Failures of Justice (Part IV)

How should society balance competing interests in criminal justice policy?

Reason · Sep 26, 2024