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The best books to give as presents this Christmas, personally recommended

CHRISTMAS 2025: When it comes to gifts, you can’t go wrong with a good book. Here you’ll find standout titles across genres and styles, thoughtfully selected by The Independent’s culture staff to suit readers of every predilection

The Independent UK

Who are the worst fathers in literature? Our experts make the tough call

Literature has long portrayed messed-up families. As poet Philip Larkin famously wrote, “They fuck you up, your mum and dad. / They may not mean to, but they do.”

The Conversation

101 Dalmatians The Musical at Eventim Apollo review: this show is a dogs dinner

2/5 The puppy puppets have been simplified and a twee mawkishness introduced in this disastrous transfer to a different theatre

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Tracy Chevalier: ‘Woolf’s The Waves will be like medicine – I won’t like it, but it will do me good’

The novelist on the comfort of Dodie Smith, how Anne Tyler made her want to be a writer – and why she doesn’t reread books

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Dear Octopus; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Just for One Day – review

Lindsay Duncan and co create a living period piece in Dodie Smith’s rarely performed marvel of a family portrait; Sarah Snook’s one-woman Wilde is so wrong it’s almost right; and the music carries a tame Live Aid nostalgiafest

The Guardian - UK

Dear Octopus review – Lindsay Duncan leads a warm drama about a bickering family

Dodie Smith’s play presents a beautifully drawn, four-generation celebration of a golden wedding anniversary on the eve of the second world war

The Guardian - UK

Dear Octopus at the National Theatre review: incurably quaint and dated

This gently witty revival of Dodie Smith’s play rarely provokes more than a wry smile

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The week in theatre: Chasing Hares; 101 Dalmatians; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Globalisation’s effect on an Indian factory makes for touching drama; Douglas Hodge’s new Dodie Smith musical is spot on; and a new-look Narnia delivers deep magic

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