The nourishing blood of the novelist
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Can wizards vote in Muggle elections? Plus other questions about wizarding democracy
As Rufus Scrimgeour put it: “These are dark times, there is no denying. Our world has perhaps faced no greater…
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In After Birth, Elisa Albert is putting the feminist action back into motherhood
Knowing, understanding and speaking about birth and its aftermath are clearly as important as the political narrative that surrounds it.…
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Lightning in a bottle
Two memories of alcoholism from Sarah Hepola and A A Gill.
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Sweet treats and hidden rooms: this week’s book recommendations
Jonas Karlsson’s The Room, Edith Pearlman’s Honeydew and Citizen Coke by Bartow J Elmore.
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How the Hugo Awards got very own GamerGate
The Hugo Awards, the influential prize for science fiction and fantasy writing, have been hijacked by a group resistant to…
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China Miéville’s short stories are strangely bold
Three Moments of an Explosion reviewed.
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Helen Macdonald: Our springs grow emptier as the birdsong falls silent
Every year, the hedgerows are quieter. The author of H is for Hawk mourns the loss of the spring birds – and…
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