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Summer fiction: 221 Violet Punk is a new short story by Caragh Maxwell, author of Sugartown
By Caragh Maxwell
The History of the World in 12 Soccer Matches: Players become spectators of the social upheavals surrounding them
Helen Macdonald: ‘Losing a twin at birth predisposed me to search for something missing’
What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell: an enjoyable but horrifying read
From America to Dún Laoghaire: ‘Gun violence in US schools is something we thought about a lot’
Evie Gaughan: AI companies are missing the entire point of writing or reading a book
Crime fiction: Asteroids, serial killers and a Hitchcock flight of fantasy
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Fed Up by Daniel Lieberman: Exploring fad diets claiming to solve the riddle of the human body
By Dean van Nguyen
Inequality, The View from Manywheres: Populist leaders promise a wonderland that does not exist
By Sinéad Gibney
Solace House: Unsettling, ambitious novel that blends Gothic unease with cosmic horror
By Julia Kelly
Flirting with Evil – The Catholic Church in the Age of Total War and Globalisation: A sprawling but intelligent history
By Andrew Lynch
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