Books

In an edited extract, the author of a new book explores the eerie ruins of an abandoned resort in the island’s ‘forbidden zone’

Labour thinks nationalising trains is a vote-winner. But a rail trip through the continent shows delays and strikes are problems there too

The recent bust by Europol of an international ring of thieves targeting rare Russian editions has shocked the classic book world

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, theatre and television

Why are we fascinated by talking horses and chatty cats in fiction?

The apocalypse comes to a group of siblings in south-east France in We Are Together Because, a stunning new novel by Kerry Andrew

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, exhibitions and books

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books, television and cinema

Barrister Geoffrey Robertson dramatises what might happen within the walls of a future courtroom

Two generations ago, the chaos of Latin America inspired a wave of remarkable fiction. Now the patterns are repeating

The last-minute cancellation of the city’s intimate and unpretentious book festival Aye Write is an act of cultural vandalism

Nikita Teryoshin’s chilling photos of ‘The back office of war’

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s cinema, books and streaming

A dream provided an epitaph inadvertently appropriate for a man who spent his life producing art and literature that shocked and appalled the unsuspecting

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, television, books and cinema

The Montenegrin has been the subject of a mock trial and effigy-burning over his latest novel, Anomaly

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Will Hutton, journalist and author of The State We’re In, sets out how Labour can remake Britain

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books and cinema

It might even be better for the Conservatives too, but I am less concerned about them than I am about Britain

Locals have opted to negate the fact that Lawrence’s vision of Italy wasn’t entirely idyllic

Ireland is going through a golden literary age – but Sinéad Gleeson’s extraordinary debut stands out from the rest

Tom Baldwin’s biography of the Labour leader suggests we will see a return to serious politics if Starmer makes it to No 10

How an 18th-century Somerset cobbler’s obsessive love of reading shaped the world of bookselling as we know it

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s books and cinema

In a new book by a best-selling French author, ancient onlookers watch a family come to terms with a disabled child

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s theatre, books and cinema

A barely concealed desire for the old Russian empire would infuse his work but even this did not preclude Stalin’s tacit admiration

A great writer travelled to Hungary, wrote a single book, and then disappeared. All she left behind was a masterpiece

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s film, TV and art

Exploring the surprising link between a small town in the shadow of Mount Etna and the most celebrated siblings in English literature

How a Danish archaeologist’s book about ancient bodies found buried in peat bogs inspired some of the poet’s greatest work

Our editor-at-large’s rundown of the pick of the week’s film, TV and art