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From 150 titles to a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on November 10.

Many have experienced that sinking feeling when reality falls dramatically short of expectations

Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his creation of the eccentric detective, Sherlock Holmes. But he was also interested in architecture and worked on several projects throughout his life, from his home in Surrey to a golf course in Canada. Now, a building designed by Conan Doyle, the Lyndhurst…

When everyone’s so busy, it can be hard to keep in touch with the people who matter. Leela Morris’s solution was to set up a book club to regularly get all of her favourite people in one place. She talks to Kala Paul-Worika

The Tuggeranong teenager is helping to promote Can Give Day.

Team GB icon overhauls French rival on shortened track

The 46-year-old made her Paralympic debut as a 14-year-old swimmer at Barcelona in 1992.

Reformer Pilates is one of London’s most popular workouts, but it costs £30 a class. Can an at-home version without a machine really deliver results? Madeleine Spencer finds out

Arguably, slaying monsters in the woods is self-care.