Barbara Kingsolver
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Staying local: The new wave of chefs cooking only what grows around them
- Food & Drink
- November 16, 2019, 06:00
We all now know we’re meant to eat local and seasonal. It makes sense. Eat what’s around you, as people always have. Long before meat took over as the(...)

100 books by women you have to read
- Books
- June 4, 2018, 16:14
The 2018 Hay Festival, in collaboration with The Pool, published this list of 100 books by women, including works by Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Maria(...)

The Leavers review: A riveting tale of immigrants in New York
- Books
- September 30, 2017, 06:00
“I want you to know that you were wanted. I decided: I wanted you.” At the heart of Lisa Ko’s stunning debut novel The Leavers is a mother-son r(...)

Obama’s secret to surviving White House: books
- Books
- January 16, 2017, 14:20
Last Friday, seven days before his departure from the White House, Obama sat down in the Oval Office and talked about the indispensable role that boo(...)

The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau review: Mother earth calls it a day
- Books
- January 30, 2016, 01:00
We live in a time where epic changes are happening to the world’s climate. The consequences of industry emissions are becoming more apparent every ye(...)

Is having a child really better than winning an Olympic gold medal?
- People
- June 23, 2015, 16:47
She won two gold medals in the 2008 Olympic Games yet swimmer Rebecca Adlington has said that she regards giving birth to her daughter Summer as her “(...)

Ron Rash: Smoky Mountain darkness: ‘There’s that physical sense of not getting enough light’
- Books
- August 2, 2013, 01:00
The stories and novels of the Appalachian writer Ron Rash are steeped in the culture of the American south, but if you’re thinking Rhett Butler and Sc(...)