Books
Anita Sethi: 'I wanted something joyous to come out of this horrific experience'
The Mancunian author on becoming a victim of a race-hate crime, walking the Pennine Way – and the memoir that followed
Lisa O'Kelly
11, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
Beautiful Things: A Memoir by Hunter Biden review – confessions of a hellraiser
The US president’s guilt-ridden son relates his life of excess in detail, but sadly lacks any self-awareness
Peter Conrad
11, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM
The Agenda review: why Biden must expand the supreme court – fast
Ian Millhiser offers a perfect short read for a key moment in US constitutional history, after Republicans hijacked the court
Charles Kaiser
11, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM
Musa Okwonga: ‘Boys don’t learn shamelessness at Eton, it is where they perfect it’
The writer and podcaster talks about his private school days, and why a system that prides itself on creating leaders is selling Britain short. Plus, an extract from his memoir
David Shariatmadari
10, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
On the House review: John Boehner’s lament for pre-Trump Republicans
The former speaker’s memoir will not make him any new friends in a party under the far-right’s sway
Lloyd Green
10, Apr, 2021 @5:00 AM
The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup
Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer; Under the Blue by Oana Aristide; Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki; and All the Murmuring Bones by AG Slatter
Lisa Tuttle
09, Apr, 2021 @11:00 AM
Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee review – a musical quest
The search for the origins of an exotic-sounding instrument leads to Cremona, home of the great Antonio Stradivari
Jamie Mackay
09, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
The High House by Jessie Greengrass review – apocalypse and family love
The joy of raising a child, even on the other side of disaster, is intercut with our current slide towards climate chaos
Melissa Harrison
09, Apr, 2021 @6:30 AM
The Covid ‘endgame’: nothing to do with Beckett or the Avengers
It was recently reported that Israel is reaching its Covid ‘endgame’. But is that a good word to describe the end of the pandemic?
Steven Poole
09, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM
Car Crash by Lech Blaine review – a bruisingly insightful memoir of two wreckages
A tragic accident and its resulting trauma fuels this candid, thoughtful debut and examination of our tired ideas about manhood
Beejay Silcox
08, Apr, 2021 @5:30 PM
Missed bookshops in lockdown? Tell us about your favourite
We would like to hear about the UK bookshops that you’ve missed during lockdown
Guardian community team
08, Apr, 2021 @1:50 PM
‘Epoch-making’ paper on importance of handwashing goes to auction
A scientific journal covering a Hungarian doctor’s discovery is up for sale, alongside a letter from Edward Jenner, apologising for a delay in vaccine supply
Alison Flood
08, Apr, 2021 @1:40 PM
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