Julia Armfield’s Salt Slow is a dark take on life’s most threatening anxieties
Fantasies have always provided escapism. They expose the darker parts of life that we’d rather not confront through plain realism, instead…
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Jarvis Cocker: Sheffield in the 1980s, Tim Etchells, and how I lost sleep over theatre
What’s the opposite of nostalgia? I ask that question because Tim Etchell’s stories take me back to a time and…
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Theresa May’s might have beens
Evaluating Theresa May’s premiership.
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A cure of one’s own
After years of dismissal, a new wave of literature sees women confronting an epidemic of underdiagnosed chronic pain conditions.
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The Crouch dimension
The self-effacing centre-forward shines a light on the abuse, excesses and infantilisation of modern footballers.
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Lucy Ellmann wins the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize with Ducks, Newburyport
The Illinois-born author wins this year’s prize for “fiction at its most novel” with her 1,000-page epic.
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Books of the year
Our friends and contributors choose their favourite reading of 2019.
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The 2019 Goldsmiths shortlist in reviews
Before the announcement of the winner this evening, read our verdict on the six books shortlisted for this year’s prize.
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