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The ten best novels of 2024 – according to literary experts

With Something Good, the arts and culture newsletter from The Conversation UK, we aim to cut through the noise and recommend the very best in new releases every fortnight. In 2024, we’ve been spoiled for choice when it comes to recommending fiction. From Samantha Harvey’s spellbinding Booker winner Orbital to…

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Fortnum & Mason apologises for party snub to UK Paralympians

Olympians and Paralympians attended a Buckingham Palace reception, but only the former were asked to a following event hosted by the luxury food retailer

The Guardian - UK

Scents of the Middle Ages and emo nostalgia – what you should read, watch and do this week

I’ve always been a history nerd, but it wasn’t until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval bug. Inspired by our academic experts, I’ve read books, trawled online archives, and when I worked on an article about the Book of Kells earlier this year, I…

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Gliff by Ali Smith review – reading the signs of crisis

Two children decode a dystopia, in a chilling and wistful novel that speaks to our times

The Guardian - UK

Gliff by Ali Smith review: a poetic, dystopian puzzlebox

“See what a simple line, a visible mark of the utmost simplicity and cheapness, can do to a populace?” In Ali Smith’s new novel, Gliff, that line is painted in crude bright red around the houses of those the state has deemed “unverified”. It means ostracisation, re-education and worse. It…

Evening Standard

Ali Smith’s new novel Gliff is a dystopian nightmare with flashes of fairytale enchantment

Ali Smith’s Gliff is set “once upon a time, not very far from now”. It is a kind of fairytale of the future in which two children, Briar and Rose, navigate a world which seems increasingly baffling and hostile.

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Gliff by Ali Smith review – a warning from the near future

The author of the seasonal quartet projects her exceptional state-of-the-nation storytelling on to a dystopian tale of a brutal Britain run by totalitarian forces

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Autumn review – Ali Smith adaptation has humour and charm in spades

It is a treat to see this kaleidoscopic meditation on stories and the nature of time brought to the stage, even if at times the play struggles to hold the full weight of its ideas

The Guardian - UK

The best new novels for autumn 2024, from Sally Rooney to Jonathan Coe and Haruki Murakami

The biggest names are back in a stellar season for fiction, with rip-roaring feminist horror, revenge tales, family sagas, spy romps and more. Here’s our essential guide

The Guardian - UK

Eley Williams: ‘I trusted people far less once I’d finished that novel’

The writer on how a creepy, psychological thriller blew her 13-year old mind, her early outrage at unreliable narrators and taking comfort in Saki

The Guardian - UK

Pets make for the best financial advisers and motivators. They force you to be more mindful about your spending, study shows

Pets inspire good money habits such as long-term investments and emergency savings.

Fortune

VV Ganeshananthan and Naomi Klein win Women’s prizes for fiction and nonfiction

Judges praised Klein’s Doppelganger for its ‘courageous’ study of truth in politics and called Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night a ‘masterpiece’ of historical fiction

The Guardian - UK

New York v Norwich: what my move across the Atlantic taught me

What happens when a native New Yorker uproots her life and moves to Norfolk?

The Guardian - UK

The best types of flooring for pets – floor coverings that work for you and your four-legged friends

Designers and pet trainers reveal the best types of flooring for pets, so you and your animals can live harmoniously without frequent messes or damage

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The experts: photographers on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to vastly improve your pictures

You don’t need an expensive camera – a smartphone can capture a great shot. Just move that plastic bag out of the frame, make your subject laugh and practise your selfies

Homes & Gardens

Why does my dog scratch my bed sheets? Expert insights from behavior specialists

Do the scent and style of your bed sheets drive your dog crazy? Here's how to soothe your pet and save your sheets

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on women in art: a cycle of here today, gone tomorrow must be halted

Editorial: Nan Goldin’s top spot on an art world power list concludes a strong year for female creators. But beware complacency about their recognition

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Lydia Davis' amusing, insightful stories address the estrangements of everyday life – and resist the hollowing of language

Lydia Davis is known for her minimalist fiction – “economy, precision and originality” is how the author Ali Smith once described her style. Her shortest story, Index Entry, amounts to just four words:

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Remembrance Day: five beautiful novels about war commemoration

Every autumn, the UK participates in an astonishing commemorative practice: the annual charity drive of the Poppy Appeal. From its origins during the first world war to the purple poppy commemorating animals in wartime, the artificial poppy has become a fragile but enduring symbol of remembrance.

The Guardian - UK

‘Even pigeons look amazing’: the multicoloured magic of a biofluorescent nature walk

Unlike many animals, humans can’t see biofluorescence unaided – but with a UV torch, a night stroll looks very different

The Independent UK

Tomas Soucek helps West Ham avoid upset at Lincoln

Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski made a number of good saves.

The Guardian - UK

‘This generation won’t think of football as being just for boys’: how the Lionesses have changed sport for girls

100,000 more girls are playing football in England than they did in 2017. At a training session near Ipswich, we meet the under-12s who love the game

The Guardian - UK

Authors threaten boycott of Edinburgh book festival over sponsors’ fossil fuel links

An open letter signed by more than 50 authors including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith and Katherine Rundell calls for investment firm Baillie Gifford to be dropped as main sponsor for 2024

The Guardian - UK

The last word on: Hope

Kicking off our new monthly series about emotions in literature, Sophie Ratcliffe finds the best literary descriptions of hopefulness

The Guardian - UK

‘I became Billy No-Mates’: a disabled magistrate in an inaccessible court

A magistrate for nearly 30 years, David Rose describes the feeling of exclusion after not being able to enter certain legal buildings

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