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  • Kae Tempest photographed at the Guardian in March 2026 for Books Grooming: Celine Nonon @ Arlington Artists using Dermalogica and Olaplex Haircare.

    Interview
    Kae Tempest on creativity and his gender transition: ‘I’m just glad to be alive’

    Alex Needham
    Ten years after his debut novel, the poet and musician has written a follow-up exploring self-discovery and a life lived on the edge. He talks about sexuality, pronouns and drawing strength from the literature he loves
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    The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

    Laura Wilson
  • Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas.

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    The Dog’s Gaze by Thomas Laqueur review – the art of the canine, from Velázquez to Picasso

    Kathryn Hughes
  • Caro Claire Burke.

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    Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke review – the downfall of an all‑American tradwife

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • Jason Allen-Paisant

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    The Fallen by Louise Brangan review – an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries

    John Banville
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    Communion by Jon Doyle review – a charged debut about sin and solace

    Barney Norris

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    What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March

  • Blake Morrison.

    Writing
    On Memoir by Blake Morrison review – lessons in life writing from a master

    Alex Clark
  • Anthony Sher (left) and Greg Doran in 2007.

    Stage books
    Walking Shadow by Greg Doran review – Shakespeare’s healing power

    Michael Billington
  • A Dance of Death by Michael Wolgemut

    History books
    The Black Death by Thomas Asbridge review – a medieval horror story

    Steven Poole
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    History books
    The Writer and the Traitor by Robert Verkaik review – the strange case of Graham Greene and Kim Philby

    Pratinav Anil
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    Fiction
    My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy review – wonderfully entertaining

    Lucy Hughes-Hallett
  • Djamel White.

    Crime fiction
    All Them Dogs by Djamel White review – murderous desires in the badlands of Dublin

    Jake Arnott
  • Amitav Ghosh.

    Fiction
    Ghost-Eye by Amitav Ghosh review – a climate-crisis novel let down by its prose

    Kevin Power
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    Fiction
    The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

    Lisa Tuttle
  • The Wonder by Tom Percival.

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • The Good Deed Dogs by Emma Chichester Clark.

    Children's book roundup
    Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

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    Children's book roundup
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    Children's book roundup
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    ‘We can be pioneers’: how art school creators are adapting to the age of AI

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  • Yann Martel.

    Interview
    Life of Pi author Yann Martel: ‘I thought the Iliad was a book for old farts… then I started getting ideas’

    Alex Clark
  • Author Woody Brown with a steam engine

    Interview
    Non-speaking autistic novelist Woody Brown on his journey from write-off to writer

    Simon Hattenstone
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    Interview
    Shahrnush Parsipur: ‘The women of Iran will cause the fall of the Islamic Republic’

    Dina Nayeri

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  • Jason Allen-Paisant

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