How Big Issue opened doors for publishing hit The Salt Path
“I had no history of writing, nothing to bring to the publishing table. Within a couple of weeks…
Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review
The comedian Robin Ince was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 52. Suddenly, everything – his lifelong…
Top 5 books about video games by author Jeanne Thornton
Award-winning author Jeanne Thornton’s latest novel A/S/L is about video games, three queer friends and the code(s) they…
The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient
Slowly, a concept of a collapsed and decayed Britain crept in. And clever middle-class children developed satire in…
Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs
Things like the Erasmus scheme helped many of us who would not otherwise have been able to experience…
Banning books is not only wrong – it’s pointless. Here’s why
Rather than argue about what types of speech are protected, perhaps we should be asking ourselves: who gets…
Rutger Bregman on how ordinary people can change the world
It has become impossible to move for self-help books. Dodge Atomic Habits, and the dullest person you know…
Universality by Natasha Brown review – satirising class oppression
Natasha Brown’s incisive second novel, Universality, begins with the kind of viral long-read article you might DM your…
Top 5 board books for children, chosen by author Jon Klassen
Jon Klassen is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children’s board books and an animator. His award winning…
Top 5 books about desire, chosen by novelist Lisa Harding
Lisa Harding is an award-winning Irish novelist and her new book The Wildelings is out on 24 April.…