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  • See you in Hell

    Marie Le Conte on the weird joys of 'Roguelike' video games, such as Hades, Dead Cells, and Slay The Spire

  • Book review: Paris in Turmoil

    In "Paris in Turmoil: A City Between Past and Future", Eric Hazan explores the life of Parisians past and present

  • In a word: Memoir

    Michael Rosen explores the origins and evolution of the word "memoir"

  • A festival of big ideas

    The biggest philosophy and music festival in the world has "Error and Renaissance" as its theme this year.

  • Book review: Still Pictures by Janet Malcolm

    True to form, Malcolm's memoir questions the genre itself

  • Why are we still obsessed with witches?

    Samira Ahmed explores the witch-lit revival, reviewing "Weyward" by Emilia Hart, "Now She Is Witch" by Kirsty Logan, "The Witches of Vardo" by Anya Bergman, and "The Ruin of All Witches" by Malcolm Gaskill

  • Book review: Cocoon

    This epic novel is a stunning evocation of China’s recent past, after the Cultural Revolution, and a poignant examination of how events reverberate through the decades

  • The bikers' bible

    Quality matters more than quantity, as Robert Pirsig - the grandfather of motorcycle travel literature - teaches us

  • Youthsick blues

    The everyday tragedy of ageing is inescapable in Dylan's latest book, "The Philosophy of Modern Song".

  • Book review: Haramacy

    Edited by Zahed Sultan, Dhruva Balram and Tara Joshi, "Haramacy" is a play on the Arabic word "haram", meaning forbidden or indecent, and the English “pharmacy”.

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