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Moroccan photographer Hicham Benohoud’s book The Classroom was been awarded PhotoBook of the year at Paris Photo, the world’s largest photography fair. The book presents a striking collection of black-and-white images created while he was working as an art teacher in Marrakesh in the early 1990s.

With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light

In the mid-20th century, comic books groups grew in popularity

The author of 'The Long Walk,' 'The Monkey,' 'The Running Man,' and more, saw a record number of adaptations this year. Here's why 2025 belonged to Stephen King.

The former French president was freed from jail this month after serving just three weeks of a five-year sentence

We have difffering views on my contribution to our book club: I see myself as its beating heart; my wife says I’m an interloper

SAFECALL CAMPAIGN: It’s 30 years since Andrew O’Hagan wrote his debut book ‘The Missing’, but he has never forgotten the desperate people he met and the heart-shattering stories that never had an ending. It’s why, today, he is backing The Independent’s SafeCall campaign, to provide a lifeline for those in…

Patti Smith, once again, shows us a better way to be ourselves

UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience