The author on an encounter with the CIA, an embarrassing moment in church, and longing to hold hands with David Attenborough
Born in Glasgow, Andrew O’Hagan, 58, studied at the University of Strathcly…
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Books Q&A: post your questions about our 100 top novels lists – and all things books ⊕⊕
Were our readers right to put Lord of the Rings above Middlemarch? What was missing from our list? Has anyone read the whole 100 … ?
Liese Spencer, our joint head of books, and non-fiction editor Davi…
46 days ago
Books, authors and readers: a day at the Lisbon Book Fair ⊕⊕
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In Lisbon, June is about more than the popular saints’ festivities: it is also the month when Parque Eduardo VII turns into the country’s biggest bookshop. Ninety-six years after its first edition in…
Books, authors and readers: a day at Lisbon Book Fair ⊕⊕
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June in Lisbon isn’t just about the Popular Saints festivities: it’s also when Parque Eduardo VII turns into the country’s biggest bookshop. Ninety‑six years after its first edition, in 1930, the Boo…
57 days ago
Add to playlist: the whimsy and warped electronics of duo Ear and the week’s best new tracks ○
There’s nostalgia to the New York/London duo’s lo-fi laptop sound, but their second album pushes them into vivid, weirder new territory
From Hudson valley, New York, and London
Recommended if you like …
80 days ago
Russian Customs Seize British Children’s Books as ‘Extremist Literature’ ⊕
The books shown included “The Dinosaurs Who Met Santa Claus” and “Baby’s Very First Big Play Book.”
88 days ago
‘An uprising against loneliness’: why have football ultras become a cultural obsession? ⊖
A new documentary travels around the world to identify the roots of ultra-mania – the fan movement that’s part progressive and sometimes criminal
‘Ultras” – hardcore football fans renowned for their s…
3 months ago
Books changed my life, says Queen's first reading hero ⊕⊕
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Selina Brown, from Birmingham, says she is delighted to be the UK's first National Reading Hero.
8 months ago
Books, malls and cars: where the physical world still rules ○
Many consumers are resisting, even turning back the digital revolution
9 months ago
‘I’m going to write about all of it’: author Chris Kraus on success, drugs and I Love Dick ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A decade after her debut became a cult hit, the US author talks about the true crime that inspired her latest novel, #MeToo overreach and being married to an addict
Chris Kraus regards the late succes…