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Book review: Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kiš, By Mark Thompson
Friday 26 July 2013
This shape-shifting master from the faultlines of Europe found meaning in the chaos of war
Between the Covers 14/07/2013
Sunday 14 July 2013
Your weekly guide to what's really going on in the world of books
Book review: Hunters in the Snow, By Daisy Hildyard
Sunday 14 July 2013
Skilful probe into our links with the past
Between the Covers 07/07/2013
Saturday 06 July 2013
Your weekly guide to what's really going on in the world of books
Biography: Harry Redknapp hates writing. Except for his own book
Thursday 04 July 2013
The QPR manager once confessed he 'couldn’t even fill a team sheet in'
Between the Covers 30/06/2013
Saturday 29 June 2013
Your weekly guide to what's really going on in the world of books
Cultural life: Mike Figgis, film director
Friday 28 June 2013
'I'm taking a deep breath before committing to the Dostoevsky biography'
Book review: She Landed by Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington, By Carole Seymour-Jones
Friday 28 June 2013
A daring agent, who not only spied but led a fighting force, was sidelined after the war. Guess why?
Paperback review: Edith Wharton, By Hermione Lee
Sunday 23 June 2013
Stick to the facts, not fairy stories
At the tender age of 35 Katie Price is to release her fifth autobiography
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Katie Price has revealed she is planning to release her fifth autobiography later this year - at the age of just 35.
Esther Williams, former swimmer and film star, dies aged 91 in Los Angeles
Friday 07 June 2013
Esther Williams, a former champion swimmer and subsequent film star, has died at the age of 91 in Los Angeles.
Photography book review: The Black Kingdom, By Brian Griffin
Saturday 01 June 2013
Recognised as one of the UK's most important photographers of the past 40 years, Brian Griffin was born in 1948 and grew up near Birmingham among the factories of the Black Country.
Review: Flappers - Six Women of a Dangeous Generation, By Judith Mackrell
Sunday 26 May 2013
Lives of the real Gatsby women
Wayne Rooney ready to make U-turn over Manchester United exit following appointment of David Moyes
Friday 10 May 2013
Striker indicates he is now willing to stay but faces a battle to convince manager and fans of commitment
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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