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Simile How does a simile work?— Place something next to somethingand say, here. (The here is wherethe somethings touch.) The rainy night, like Debussy.There on the shelf, a piece of grapevine in... Read more »
Salman Rushdie says he has been free of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder despite almost dying from being stabbed during an attempted assassination in 2022, prompting his therapist to humorously conclude... Read more »
My earliest reading memory When I was about four or five, I think. I was living in Long Melford, Suffolk, with my foster parents, and my foster dad was trying to teach... Read more »
Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered at around midnight on 2 November 1975. His blood-soaked body was found the next morning on waste ground in Ostia, on the outskirts of Rome, battered so... Read more »
Big belly, wavy fur and a nose for trouble: we exclusively reveal the new-look Paddington | Musicals
Paddington the Musical bear revealed – video Paddington stands within touching distance. His fur flutters as he turns, his neat button nose sniffs the air, and his eyes soften with a smile.... Read more »
Dear BookBrowsers, In this issue, we cover fresh releases by winners of the Booker and Man Booker Prizes. Arundhati Roy’s illuminating memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me chronicles a difficult mother-daughter relationship,... Read more »
Namanlagh by Tom Paulin (Faber, £12.99)It has been more than a decade – “long empty days / with the blank page” – since Paulin’s Love’s Bonfire. His 10th collection is informed by... Read more »