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Bake Off is back and Nigella is judging. We’re also recommending a host of books from non-fiction on British food history to a fiction book about gay Jamaicans.
How do you put the past aside when you have no choice but to care for a parent who treated you badly?
Streamers are increasingly treating established online fan communities as part of the adaptation process itself.
From George Orwell to Alastair Campbell, our experts recommend books that will inspire youth into thinking politically.
Fairy tales continue to nourish artistic invention because their characters embrace continual metamorphosis, discovering yet another possibility within an old story.
Gossiping involves being able to read social codes and pick up a host of other signals.
From Eliza Haywood to Anne Radcliffe, there are other great 18-century writers whose work would be great on screen.
Searing writing that seeks to bear witness to the violent reality of queer Jamaicans.
Every reader, farmers and non-farmers alike, can learn from his broader ethics of care, attention and negotiation with the natural world.
The King’s table was full of flavours from the British empire and beyond.
Practical Magic 2 and an Australian horror film are among our recommendations this week.
If you’ve got problem neighbours, or your house and garden seem to suffer from bad luck, perhaps it’s time to try a magical solution.
Sylvie feels like her radical world only exists in the past and as she gets older her choices and world are shrinking.
Sophie is a passive observer of her own life, watching it unfold like a character on the periphery.
‘Instead of seeing limitations, I began to see possibilities.’
Parents might default to books they loved when they were younger. But this means families may be missing out on some great stories published more recently.
Bringing employees back to work in person and smart office-based people management drives companies forward and is conducive to engineering change. Here’s how.
Harris is a superb storyteller, and Agrippa is a compelling read.
His latest – and possibly last – book tackles America’s foreign policy before and after 9/11. Could it also serve as an antidote to the fragmented attention and political duplicity of our current moment?
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor in Publishing Studies, University of Stirling
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
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Associate Dean International, Faculty of Arts, Design & Humanities, De Montfort University
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Senior Lecturer in Literature, Aston University
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University