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This Booker Prize shortlist could produce award’s oldest ever winner

Only one debut novelist is among the six finalists, with previous winners including Douglas Stuart and Marlon James in the running

The Independent UK · Sep 22

The Tubs: Hard Life review – indie’s Larry David spins self-loathing into glorious jangle-rock

Britain’s best indie-rockers hold fast to their defiantly old-school sound, slipping wry sideways looks at despair in among hooky melodies that always sound like a good time

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10

As If by Isabel Waidner review – surreal doppelganger story

Two uncannily similar men switch places in an existential farce that playfully explores the precarity of working life

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23

Kate Summerscale on the 10 Rillington Place murders: ‘Why do some men go out of their way to kill women?’

True crime queen Kate Summerscale explores one of Britain’s most notorious murder trials in her latest book ‘The Peepshow’. She tells Katie Rosseinsky about the shocking contemporary parallels – and about a discovery that will change how we think about the case

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley review – time-travel romance is a sparkling delight

The author’s intelligent and witty first novel effortlessly fuses a love story, a mystery and postcolonial narratives

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024

11 brilliant writers on the books that made them who they are today

Anne Enright, Rory Stewart, Adam Kay and more authors from the Hay Festival lineup tell Ellie Harrison about the books that they’ve loved and felt inspired by

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

The new voices and hidden gems of Hay Festival 2024

Hear from up-and-coming stars of the literary world before they rocket up the bestseller lists, and make sure you don’t miss some of the eclectic treats on Hay Festival’s vast programme, writes Jessie Thompson

The Independent UK · May 23, 2024

The Ministry of Time author Kaliane Bradley: ‘It was just so much fun’

A nerdy literary parlour game that started in lockdown has turned into one of the most-hyped debuts of the year - soon to be a series on BBC1. Its author talks about how her obsession with a long-dead polar explorer helped her find a way to write about family trauma

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley review – a seriously fun sci-fi romcom

A bureaucrat in near-future London finds love with a Victorian Arctic explorer in a thrilling debut that takes a deep dive into human morality

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024

Jasleen Kaur wins the Turner Prize 2024

Jasleen Kaur has won the Turner Prize 2024, recognised for her work which reflects upon everyday objects

Wallpaper · Apr 24, 2024