Neil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’ | Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’ | Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman has said that multiple sexual assault allegations against him are “simply untrue” and claimed to be the victim of a “smear campaign”, in the first post addressing the accusations for... Read more »
White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold | Fiction

White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold | Fiction

It was Ian McGuire’s second novel, The North Water, longlisted for the Booker prize in 2016 and later adapted for television, that established his reputation for savage historical noir. A professor of... Read more »
White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold | Fiction

Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison | Books

A collection of writings by the imprisoned Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti will be published in November, bringing together prison letters, interviews, personal material and documents from the last three decades of... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, February 3rd

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, February 3rd

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White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold | Fiction

The Good Society by Kate Pickett review – the Spirit Level author takes stock | Society books

If you’ve written a successful book based around one big idea, what do you make the next one about? Back in 2009, Kate Pickett’s The Spirit Level (co-authored with Richard Wilkinson) argued... Read more »
Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign | Books

Stormzy calls reading a ‘superpower’ as he backs accessible books campaign | Books

Stormzy called reading a “superpower” as he backed an initiative aimed at encouraging people who don’t see themselves as readers to pick up a book. The musician’s publishing imprint #Merky Books, which... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Monday, February 2nd

Daily Cartoon: Monday, February 2nd

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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, February 3rd

Poem of the week: The Secret Day by Stella Benson | Poetry

The Secret Day My yesterday has gone, has gone and left me tired,And now tomorrow comes and beats upon the door;So I have built To-day, the day that I desired,Lest joy come... Read more »
Dalai Lama expresses ‘gratitude and humility’ at first Grammy win | Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama expresses ‘gratitude and humility’ at first Grammy win | Dalai Lama

His trophy cabinet already contains a Nobel peace prize, a presidential medal of freedom and the Gandhi peace prize. And the superstar status of the Dalai Lama, the 90-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader,... Read more »
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