Still Here by Ann Ingle: A gentle and reassuring companion through the landscape of later life
Beneath the humour lies profound, moving sorrow
By Julia Kelly
Author Nick Harkaway on taking control of George Smiley: ‘You can’t really be blamed if you fail’
The writer on The Taper Man, his follow-up to Karla’s Choice; continuing the literary legacy of his father, John le Carré; and his opposition to laws muzzling legitimate protest
Exploring the Anglo-German paradox: more than 300 years of co-operation and conflict
Ian Cochrane happily ridiculed the shibboleths of Northern Ireland when that was rare
Snow Birds by Roisin Maguire: A pleasant, hopeful read
Maria Ressa’s inspiring guide to resisting Big Tech’s drive for world domination
Birth of a Culture by Grandmaster Flash: A proud and generous account of the birth of hip-hop
Sacred Betrayal: Church’s role in murder of 74,000 French Jews during Holocaust
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Poems of the Week: Brecht (on his deathbed in hospital) and Bridge in the Rain
By Louise C Callaghan and Augustus Young
This Boy’s Voice by John Creedon: modest but perceptive narrative forms a lyrical account of a 1970s Irish adolescence
By Andrew Lynch
From Out My Heart by Sue Rainsford: haunting exploration of motherhood, possession and bodily habitation
By Nicholas Allen
American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee: A novel of ideas dressed up in a family saga-realist costume
By Sinéad Mac Aodha
Fiction in translation: Harrowing aftermath of terrorist attack, and an eloquent threnody
By Frank Wynne
Jonathan Coe: ‘I’ve plunged headfirst into it: putting things into people’s mouths that they never said’
By John Self
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