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Reading from the wrong corner

Reading from the wrong corner

One of the unfortunate things about science is that once you get to a certain level you either tend to get it, or you don’t. For those of us who…

Oxfam granted Freedom of the City

Oxfam granted Freedom of the City

Oxfam is to receive the Freedom of the City of Oxford in October in recognition of its achievements both in the city and worldwide. Chief Executive Dame Barbara Stocking and…

On finding it hard to let go and being a softie

Andrea Jansson on the fate of the hardback in the era of the Kindle …

Review: Marching Powder

Rusty Young's book Marching Powder is a page-turner…

Wisdom from without: Madeleine Reiss

Madeleine Reiss, the reluctant novelist, reveals how she has been coerced down a path that so many aspire to. …

The book that is more than alright

Andrea Jansson on a rare achievement that avoids the pitfalls of 'women fiction'…

Bibliophiles flock to book fair

Books worth up to £3,000 go on sale at premier book fair, including a sixteenth century Bible…

Hadley: writing, reading and flirting

Author Tessa Hadley tells us about her work, inspiration and choosing between Austen's heroines.…