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Also: my double-edged retirement, and a defence of London

By Georgina Morley

March 2009, the month I joined the New Statesman as a 22-year-old, was a different political time: a Labour chancellor…

By George Eaton

The popstar is championing literary culture to a generation for whom reading has become passé.

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

As Donald Trump returns to office, Meta will allow more “insulting language” and remove fact-checking. Is anyone really surprised?

By Sarah Manavis

As an extension of Carrie Bradshaw, she straddles the middle and high brow.

By Ella Dorn

How Paddington Bear became one of Britain’s most distinctive international brands.

By Amelia Tait

Why a new Ebury imprint by the social media entrepreneur Steven Bartlett is bad news for books.

By Sarah Manavis

Also this week: All change at the Evening Standard, and Rishi Sunak’s karaoke song.

By Dylan Jones

Also this week: Underdressed in snowy New York, the beauty of book covers, and delighting in London’s diversity.

By Elif Shafak

America’s most feared literary agent on his friend Salman Rushdie, what Sally Rooney taught him, and how he has thrived…

By Harry Lambert

I once found it risible to hear authors describe the publication process as “traumatising”. Then my first novel came out,…

By Megan Nolan

Do we really want our literary landscape to be overrun with romance novels, trashy thrillers and scientifically dubious self-help?

By Sarah Manavis

Publishing is obsessed with bending old male stories into womanly shapes.

By Finn McRedmond

Is the books world in urgent need of change – or simply running scared of Twitter?

By Alex Clark

Many bestsellers of the last few years originated outside “traditional” publishing houses. But are influencers good for books?

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger