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A new definition of the word was sparked by the pop star’s summer album title, and made it a term that ‘resonated with people globally’, the dictionary saysMost have us have long moved on from “...
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The novelist on why he can’t read JRR Tolkein, being hooked on Muriel Spark and obsessed with James JoyceMy earliest reading memory
In west Africa, where I was born in 1952, in Ghana to be precise. Aged about five,...
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Burnt out by the London rat race, the writer retreats to the countryside where a chance encounter changes her lifeA brief survey of my one-year-old’s bookshelf reveals a plethora of books about animals: crocodiles, cows, sheep and rabbits (so many rabbit...
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The author confronts her own mortality with candour and crisp humour in this thoughtful exploration of bullfightingOstensibly an exploration of the Spanish corrida de toros, On Bullfighting begins with a confession. Its author AL Kennedy reveals how, ...
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An Arbitrary Light Bulb by Ian Duhig; What the Earth Seemed to Say by Marie Howe; Collected Poems by Mimi Khalvati; Ceremony for the Nameless by Theresa Lola; Girl by Ruth Padel...
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In his 10th decade, the writer is as prolific as ever with a war film in the works and a new sex-fuelled novella set in a home for the elderly. He talks about mourning Maggie Smith, turning down a knighthood and what he makes of Donald TrumpAlan Bennett never expected to ...
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Her ‘living autobiographies’ and novels have earned her legions of fans, but that success was hard won. Deborah Levy talks about stamina, boldness, and finding delight in the detailsDeborah Levy is a presence, entering a cafe in north London with slightly wild hair, a lar...
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Two children decode a dystopia, in a chilling and wistful novel that speaks to our timesAli Smith has never been afraid to take cleverness seriously. It is a distinctly European sensibility, yet its fullest vindication came amid the xenophobic pageantry of Brexit...
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The Booker-shortlisted author on her inability to compromise, her friendship with John Berger, and the last book she gave as a giftAnne Michaels, 66, is the author of five collections of poetry and three novels, including her debut, Fugitive Pieces, a...
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