Books

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James Robertson obituary
Writer, thinker and champion of green economics, monetary reform and new ways of looking at employment

Ed Mayo

06, Dec, 2023 @8:49 PM

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Keats scholar finds that Roman police investigated poet before death
Official records show that the English poet’s landlady alerted Rome’s authorities to the 25-year-old’s illness months before he died from tuberculosis

Ella Creamer

06, Dec, 2023 @5:05 PM

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Five of the best sport books of 2023
Elton John scores, Ronnie O’Sullivan delivers on cue, and ‘Bazball’ takes off in the year’s finest sportswriting

Emma John

06, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Murdered journalist Dom Phillips’ unfinished book to be published in 2025
How to Save the Amazon: Ask the People Who Know will be completed by writers and environmentalists thanks to a grant from the Whiting foundation

Ella Creamer

06, Dec, 2023 @1:04 PM

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Five of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2023
From the ocean bed to the stars and the multiverse, five novels to transport you

Adam Roberts

06, Dec, 2023 @11:00 AM

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Five of the best food books 2023
From life-changing recipes to a Caribbean journey: five mouthwatering favourites

Rachel Roddy

06, Dec, 2023 @7:30 AM

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Best poetry books of 2023
Fresh takes on ancient Greece, Shakespeare and true crime are among this year’s standout collections

Rishi Dastidar

05, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Best ideas books of 2023
From psychology to AI, pandemics to popular culture, we survey the bigger picture

Steven Poole

05, Dec, 2023 @11:00 AM

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Best crime and thrillers of 2023
A splendidly tricksy locked-room mystery, a fortune teller in Georgian high society and Indian mobsters make this year’s list

Laura Wilson

05, Dec, 2023 @7:30 AM

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‘If only Harry were next in line, said a source close to Harry’ – Omid Scobie’s Endgame, digested by John Crace
The book that charts the royal race row has finally made it to British shores. Our parliamentary sketch writer assesses the damage

John Crace

04, Dec, 2023 @5:52 PM

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Five of the best romance books of 2023
A bittersweet tale of young love, hotly awaited American fantasy, Jilly Cooper’s latest romp and more

Jenny Colgan

04, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Poem of the week: from The Wrong Person to Ask by Marjorie Lotfi
A precisely observed picture of two young children caught up in a war zone – Gaza

Carol Rumens

04, Dec, 2023 @10:21 AM

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