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Nine expert tips for sustainable travel and eco-friendly holidays

The best souvenir is knowing your money made a real difference to the community you visited

The Independent UK · Mar 30

‘I want some light in my life’: eight writers make their new year reading resolutions

Finding fun, getting lost in an epic and taking a first peek at science fiction ... Sathnam Sanghera, Elif Shafak, Sarah Waters and more make their reading resolutions for 2024

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2024

Why are biographies so popular? Because humans are enthralled by the lives of others

We seek inspiration, consolation – and the unvarnished truth. And we know that all the best stories are true, says Caroline Knox, director of the Boswell book festival

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

I Used to Live Here Once by Miranda Seymour review – the troubled life of Jean Rhys

The author emerges from this compelling biography as a difficult outsider whose twin passions were feckless men and drink

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022

Where to start with: Jean Rhys

Wide Sargasso Sea, Rhys’s prequel to Jane Eyre, is a set text in schools but are you familiar with the rest of the Dominica-born writer’s work? This handy guide from her biographer will help you find a way in

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022