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On 101st birth anniversary, rivals recall being in awe of Vajpayee, say he was without ...
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Hindutva groups protest in Jammu, warn of shutdown over medical college admissions
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In 2025 reparations became central to UK ties with the Caribbean and Africa – so ...
This year was a pivotal one, in which the issue of restorative justice began to frame the UK’s post-imperial relationship with the global south
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell audiobook review – the life and loss of the woman behind ...
The wife of William Shakespeare takes centre stage in a rich, sensitive examination of parental grief, sensitively narrated by Jessie Buckley
Hype and Fraud in India
Little known today, Fitz-James O’Brien deserves serious attention for developing some of science fiction’s most familiar tropes—among them microcosmic worlds, invisible monsters, time slips, and robots. ...
At What Cost?
New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani plans to absorb individual costs into the collective life of the city, but whether that will be enough is an open question. ...
Satie’s Spell
Erik Satie took down the arrogance of late Romantic classical music, gently but ruthlessly taking up its vocabulary and removing all the excess, including authorship. ...
God of the Gaps
Ross Douthat’s usual contrarian approach, in his recent book Believe, leads to a curiously impotent, watered-down account of religious experience. ...
A Talent for Living
In Beryl Bainbridge’s novels, to die is an awfully big adventure—and so is to live. ...
High Mountains
I am very tall. I also am tall. I have these great
It’s a Gas
I’m writing this in the last days of the
Albergo Caffaro
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The Empire Gives Back
What does a fair policy of museum repatriation look like? A new book considers the issue in terms of human rights, cultural sovereignty, and stewardship. ...
Blood Work
A rare genetic mutation is best treated the nineteenth-century way, with bloodletting, showing up the strengths and weaknesses of the NHS. ...
Bamfordtown
Maria Bamford’s wild and constantly inventive stand-up style relies on her never flinching from the most difficult realities. ...
All the Sad Unliterary Men
David Szalay’s recent novel Flesh captures with unsparing accuracy the consciousness of an ordinary man in helpless decline. ...
Uganda’s Two Tyrants
Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni both confronted, in different brutal ways, the challenges of governing a postcolonial nation. ...
Panoply of the Weird
Little known today, Fitz-James O’Brien deserves serious attention for developing some of science fiction’s most familiar tropes—among them microcosmic worlds, invisible monsters, time slips, and robots. ...
The Most Rancorous Line
How did the Mason–Dixon Line—meant to resolve a longstanding colonial border dispute—come to represent the US’s foundational divide between slavery and freedom? ...
Books-A-Million Customers and Booksellers Donate Nearly $2.9 Million Nationwide in Holiday Book and Toy Drives
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How the French fell in love with family-driven memoirs and autofiction | Anne-Laure Pineau
Matriarchs, absent fathers and troubled childhoods: 2025 was the year French literature focused on family
Charles Dickens exhibition to shine light on powerful women in author’s life
Novels only ‘reinforced Victorian stereotypes’ of meek women to give readers what they wanted, says curator
FP’s Holiday Book List
Our columnists and staff writers recommend their top reads for the end of the year. ...
Business Insider staff share their favorite books of 2025
The billionaires said reading is the top habit they attribute to success. twomeows/Getty ImagesBusiness Insider staff highlight our top business, tech, and innovation books of 2025.Selections include memoirs, biographies, and deep dives into Wall Street and
Want to read more in 2026? Here’s how to revive your love of books
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase creativity and
What Hollywood Has That TikTok, Video Games and YouTube Don’t
Hollywood is Hollywood because of its gift for mythmaking. ...
Jeff Kinney and Other Authors on What They Learned From a Book in 2025
Such as: A shrewd move by George Washington. Why Gauguin wore a 10-gallon hat. And the benefits of breathing through your nose ...