The best recent poetry – review roundup | Books

The best recent poetry – review roundup | Books

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 »
UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet | Lebanon

UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet | Lebanon

The UN special rapporteur on torture is being urged to investigate Lebanon’s role in the treatment of the Egyptian-Turkish poet and activist Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi, a dissident who has been imprisoned in the... Read more »
Bonus Daily Cartoon: Not a Sprint

Bonus Daily Cartoon: Not a Sprint

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in October | Books

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in October | Books

Benjamin Myers, writer Erik Satie Three Piece Suite by Ian Penman is a daring and endlessly inventive portrait of the iconoclastic composer. Penman’s skill lies in his total disregard for tired cliches... Read more »
UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet | Lebanon

Stephen King’s son among writers boycotting British Library event in solidarity with striking workers | Books

Horror authors are used to pushing the boundaries of fiction, but for some in the field there’s one boundary they won’t cross – a picket line. Several writers including Joe Hill, the... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Friday, October 31st

Daily Cartoon: Friday, October 31st

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A former Tory councillor tried to ban my novel Pigeon English. Why should pupils suffer because of him? | Books

A former Tory councillor tried to ban my novel Pigeon English. Why should pupils suffer because of him? | Books

Back in September, in a measure designed to “prevent immorality”, the Taliban closed down the internet in Afghanistan. This was the latest step – after a ban on all girls over the... Read more »
Trump ally Stephen Miller at heart of FBI agent purge, new book reveals | Donald Trump

Trump ally Stephen Miller at heart of FBI agent purge, new book reveals | Donald Trump

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, was the driving force behind a purge of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents who had investigated Donald Trump, a new book reveals.... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 30th

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 30th

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