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A Hans Christian Andersen tale smartly recast for modern children
MG Leonard’s latest novel, The Ice Children, takes Andersen’s classic The Snow Queen and infuses it with quickfire prose and new characters
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Five difficult books that are worth reading – and five not to bother with
Many of our great works of literature are admired rather than read. But which justify the hours spent slogging – and which can be skipped?
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Rupert Brooke was a foolish and naïve idealist. So why does his poetry survive?
Remembrance Sunday brings to mind the poet’s war sonnets, the beauty of which outshines their dated sentiments
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Poet John Burnside on drug addiction, his abusive father and winning the ‘British Nobel’
The Scottish author overcame a tough childhood to become a major literary talent. Now he has won the £40,000 David Cohen Prize
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The 50 best books of 2022
Our critics pick the perfect Christmas gifts for every reader, from page-turners to politics
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The best new science books of 2022
Face your fears! Make this the year you finally gets to grips with the Metaverse, incoming asteroids – and torture-happy wasps
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The 20 best poetry books of 2022 to buy for Christmas
This year's best poetry collections were filled with wild fantasies – from Greek myths and robot birds to a book narrated by an eyeball
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Best travel books to buy for Christmas 2022
From the footpaths of Scotland to the refugee trails of Mexico, travel books this year provide food for thought – and a prod out the door
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Big ideas: 2022’s best new smart thinking, psychology and sociology books
From Frans de Waal’s Different to Lucy Cooke’s Bitch, 2022's brainiest non-fiction used zoology to re-examine what it means to be human
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The best music books of 2022, from Bob Dylan to Nick Cave
From Bono's heartfelt riffs to Jarvis Cocker’s bin bags, music books went maverick this year
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Armchair travelling this Christmas? These are 2022’s most stunning travel photography books
This year's crop of books tackled war, climate change, the natural world – and the quiet beauty of sitting in a sunny park
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The best 2022 books to make sense of weird, wild world of British politics
From the integration of Islam to the brief reign of Prime Minister Liz Truss, this year's best politics books defended liberal ideals
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‘When bin Laden fled he left a thumbed copy of one of our books’: how Everyman took over the world
Publisher David Campbell on how Mick Jagger helped Everyman rise from the ashes, the biggest threat to children reading and superfan Madonna
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Five difficult books that are worth reading – and five not to bother with
Many of our great works of literature are admired rather than read. But which justify the hours spent slogging – and which can be skipped?
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‘People are hungry for instantaneous gratification’: The photographer that A-list stars queue up for
Mark Seliger spent a decade capturing unexpected and unforgettable images of Hollywood royalty – and set up the ultimate Oscars photobooth
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Why we’re still in love with the idea that ‘Great Men’ shape history
The theory that history is defined by alpha males feels unfashionable and offensive – but Ridley Scott's Napoleon proves we can’t let it go
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Thatcher and Major resented each other more than anyone knew – and I was caught in the middle
This exclusive extract from his Westminster diaries reveals the spectacular breakdown of relations and rising bitterness between the two PMs
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Rupert Brooke was a foolish and naïve idealist. So why does his poetry survive?
Remembrance Sunday brings to mind the poet’s war sonnets, the beauty of which outshines their dated sentiments
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Poet John Burnside on drug addiction, his abusive father and winning the ‘British Nobel’
The Scottish author overcame a tough childhood to become a major literary talent. Now he has won the £40,000 David Cohen Prize
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How women see the world
At a time when 85% of photojournalists are men, a new book offers an alternative perspective. Here, seven contributors introduce their shots
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Culture stars who died in 2019, from Neil Innes to Keith Flint
We remember some of the greatest talents from the arts world who have passed away this year
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A Hans Christian Andersen tale smartly recast for modern children
MG Leonard’s latest novel, The Ice Children, takes Andersen’s classic The Snow Queen and infuses it with quickfire prose and new characters
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Bill Bryson is going on a new journey – into your body
A Really Short Journey Through the Body offers children a series of fascinating and varied, albeit sometimes overly brisk, scientific facts
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Frozen meets Narnia in an enchanting new children’s novel
Sophie Anderson’s The Snow Girl, featuring a brave girl and her magical friend, successfully marries an old tale and a modern sensibility
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A much-needed work of children’s historical fiction: immigration and 20th-century New York
In 1911, sisters Sally and Bridget sail from Ireland to New York in search of opportunity, in Judi Curtin's Sally in the City of Dreams
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Quentin Blake returns with some real monkey business
No overt messages or morals, just everyday lessons, in gem of collaboration
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If your children like football, there’s only one book they need
The Football School Encyclopedia, by Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttelton, covers not only tactics and sports science but quirks of English history
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Thought the Encyclopaedia Britannica was dead? Think again
Tidily illustrated and stuffed with facts, Encyclopedia Infographica gives the lie to the idea that children need the internet to learn
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Matt Lucas interview: ‘I’m a homosexual – by default I love musicals’
The comedian talks about composing, coming out and taking on his Little Britain co-star David Walliams in the world of children's books
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The 75 best books for summer 2023 – what to read on holiday
Our critics' guide to the best reads to take away with you
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‘How wide the earth! How great the sky!’: the unfading charm of the Flower Fairies
100 years ago, Cicely Mary Barker combined botany with make-believe – and created a publishing phenomenon
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The best children’s books for Christmas 2022 – including Cressida Cowell’s new series
Queen Elizabeth II was visited by two very special bears, and the matchgirls went on strike, in this year's crop of writing for children
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BookTok superstar Colleen Hoover has sold 20 million novels – but does she glamourise trauma?
Her new novel, It Starts With Us, blends Brontë-esque brooding, Fifty Shades of Grey steaminess and a deeply troubling domestic abuse plot
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TikTok’s old-school books boom: why Gen Z fell in love with ‘dark academia’
Dusty libraries, long-haired youths writing poetry, candlelight rituals… TikTok’s love for old books is driving a publishing bonanza
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The Schoolhouse by Sophie Ward review: this fast-moving mystery packs an emotional punch
The actress-turned-novelist's follow-up to Love and Other Thought Experiments is unexpected: a crime novel about an experimental school
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Julia Donaldson: How I fear lockdown may have damaged our children
The bestselling author explains why she worries that coronavirus restrictions has deprived a generation of vital experiences
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Why we’re still in love with the idea that ‘Great Men’ shape history
The theory that history is defined by alpha males feels unfashionable and offensive – but Ridley Scott's Napoleon proves we can’t let it go
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The horrors of Mao’s China offer a warning for today
Tania Branigan's Red Memory uncovers powerful testimony from families torn apart in Mao's China. Is the country doomed to more of the same?
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Has Nadine Dorries lost the plot? Her bizarre book blames Boris’s fall on ‘Dr No’ and ‘the Wolf’
The former Culture Secretary spends 350 pages hunting for a conspiracy in The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson
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The night Barbra Streisand stayed with the King: ‘He came into my bedroom looking for his dog’
In a weighty new memoir, the star reveals her long friendship with Charles – and that he once found her ‘devastatingly attractive’
