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READING LIST: There are plenty of curious ideas to pursue when examining the global phenomenon of Swift in 2025. The patriarchy hating prolific female artists in a pop world dominated by women doesn’t feel like one of them, writes Hannah Ewens

What do Swift and Plath have in common, and should Kamala Harris have spoken out about her political ambitions? The Argonauts author turns her lens on poetry, pop and patriarchy

A fun but often unpalatable collection of recipes by authors including Robert Graves, Norman Mailer and Beryl Bainbridge should come with a trigger warning. Anyone for Instant Mince or Dutch Onion Crisps?

Primary school students have been reading TikTok sensation Icebreaker, an enemies-to-lovers romance about a figure skater and an ice hockey player. The cartoon cover features a ponytailed girl (who looks to be in her tweens) in a sparkly purple costume, smiling up at a much taller boy holding a hockey…

When Daisy Boulton stumbled across ‘A Woman on the Edge of Time’, a son’s book exploring the life and suicide of his mother, she felt an overwhelming connection. Helen Coffey talks to her about the new musical it inspired, and takes a deep dive into the story of a woman…

A set of cunning quizzes from the former Only Connect champion and the author of The Cryptic Pub Quiz Book. You might need a pen and paper …

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there

As Olivia Petter publishes ‘Gold Rush’, she explains why she won’t be applying literature’s most annoying trope to her work, even if others might try to

We were Plath Girls in our youth. Claiming her was a way to elevate our teenage sadness from cliché to literary