Books

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Two Hours by Alba Arikha review – an impassioned tale of how life pummels and reshapes us
Navigating the extreme gap between a woman’s life and the one she imagined for herself, the writer’s third novel is concise, rigorous and heartbreaking

John Self

18, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM

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The big idea: should we worry about trillionaires?
Individual wealth is reaching levels we’ve never seen before. What might that mean?

Duncan Weldon

18, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM

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Poem of the week: To Robert Browning by Walter Savage Landor
A warm and generous-minded tribute from an older poet to the ‘brighter plumage, stronger wing’ of his younger colleague

Carol Rumens

18, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

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The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov – droll detective work in revolutionary Kyiv
The first in a series of crime mysteries by Ukraine’s most famous writer has a rattling plot and a torrent of enjoyable absurdities

Luke Harding

18, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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All Before Me by Esther Rutter review – the healing power of place and poetry
Filled with fascinating potted histories, this memoir of a year spent at Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage following a breakdown is wonderfully revivifying

Alex Clark

17, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM

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Saul Reichlin obituary
Other lives: Actor whose mellifluous voice narrated hundreds of audiobooks and video games

Tony Hazel

17, Mar, 2024 @5:46 PM

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Rites of Passage by Judith Flanders review – a brilliant account of Victorian Britain in mourning
From shops for the bereaved to beekeepers’ black ribbons, the treatment of death in the late-19th century could be odd but also touchingly universal, as this masterly book reveals

Rachel Cooke

17, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

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In brief: Four Shots in the Night; The Kellerby Code; Masquerade – review
The gripping real-life story of the murder of a spy; a funny and chilling debut in hock to the Ripley books; and the definitive biography of Noël Coward

Alexander Larman

17, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM

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Among the exvangelicals: Sarah McCammon on faith, Trump and leaving the churches behind
In her first book, the NPR political correspondent examines a growing movement away from the rightwing Christian church

Martin Pengelly in Washington

17, Mar, 2024 @9:00 AM

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Crime and thrillers of the month – review
Three doctors’ enduring bond is put to the test in former nurse Christie Watson’s thoughtful first thriller, while Abigail Dean dissects a school shooting in a month littered with big hitters

Alison Flood

17, Mar, 2024 @8:30 AM

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Me and Mr Jones by Suzi Ronson review – Stardust memories of David Bowie’s hairdresser
This candid memoir by the stylist who helped create the singer’s Ziggy look offers a vivid snapshot of his golden years – but loses its lustre when Bowie moves to LA

Anthony Quinn

17, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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The Rev Richard Coles: ‘I think my CV looks like the work of a fantasist’
The pop star turned vicar and radio host on his new career as crime novelist, missing the clergy and why his books speak to the anxiety of uncertain times

Tim Lewis

16, Mar, 2024 @6:00 PM

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