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Nobel laureate urges Polish opposition to commit to progressive causes

Exclusive: Olga Tokarczuk’s comments come in rare political interview two weeks before potentially pivotal election

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

Warning over unconscious bias against working-class pupils in English schools

Social mobility expert says mindset in many schools requires children to be ‘middle-class clones’ to succeed

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

Shortlisted TS Eliot prize poets speak to a disrupted world

The 10 listed collections range from ‘zany intimacy’ by Sharon Olds to explorations of Black identity from Ishion Hutchinson and Jason Allen-Paisant

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Book Review: Poet recalls stormy life growing up Rastafari in Jamaica and her struggle to break free

Safiya Sinclair is a Jamaican-born poet who has written a memoir called “How to Say Babylon.”

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

Celebrated Syrian author, poet and screenwriter Khaled Khalifa dies aged 59

Khalifa was one of Syria’s most acclaimed contemporary novelists, though his six novels were banned in the country

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Did you solve it? Puzzles you can do in the pub

The answers to today’s bam-booze-lers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood review – a masterful novel of quiet force

Set at a rural Australian monastery, with a minimal plot and a looming climate catastrophe, this is a book of introspection – and of despair

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2023

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Karnataka Today newsletter: Bengaluru Civil Society groups demand repeal of order limiting protests to Freedom Park

The Hindu · Oct 2, 2023

You Need to Watch the Best Sci-Fi Epic of the Decade on Netflix ASAP

This 2021 blockbuster is one of the best sci-fi films of the 21st century. Now that it's streaming on Netflix, here's why Inverse recommends that you check out Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' ASAP.

Inverse · Oct 2, 2023

Bobby Joseph becomes first person of colour appointed UK comics laureate

Comic book author and graphic novelist wants to spend time in the role tackling industry’s lack of diversity

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023