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Never ask a woman her age, her weight or how much she paid for Stevie Nicks tickets.

Just look at this beauty!

Benjamin Zephaniah on his refusal to accept an OBE.

'No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire.'

Rest in power.

They are a balm for the soul

About 18 years ago, I made my book group read Possession so I could cajole a boy into falling in love with me. Totally worked. It's also wildly beautiful, complex and brilliant. Thank you, Antonia.

These both sound dark and intriguing and beautiful

Announcing HazelBarkworth’s brilliant second novel 💧 THE DROWNINGS 💧 featuring a treacherous campus, competitive swimming, fiery protest and witchy undercurrents... Publishing 2024 Headline Books

Headline Review (Headline Books) has scooped The Drownings, a 'dark and propulsive' campus novel, by Hazel Barkworth (@BarkworthHazel). thebookseller.com/rights/headlin…

Well, this is very exciting!

It starts in the middle of a stifling suburban heatwave, when 15-year-old Lily doesn’t come home one afternoon…

‘A thrilling look at mothers and daughters, adolescence, sex, suburbia and secrets’ – Nell Frizzell

Get HEATSTROKE for 99p all July in the ebook deal of the summer!

Rachel knows that her daughter is hiding something... because she is hiding something too.

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all the previous Succession season finale titles have come from this poem, so: choose your speculated Succession grand finale title

mine is either 'in the dawn, them up' or 'where they may be found'

I couldn't be more excited about this!

Gloria Steinem's memoir

This will be phenomenal!

My brilliant niece is doing a study for her degree. If you are under 35, please go for it!

TODAY IN LGBTQ+ HISTORY: On February 16, 1990, artist Keith Haring dies of AIDS at the age of 31. Known for designing the National Coming Out Day logo, below is his less known 'Unfinished Painting,' which he intended to serve as a reminder of his own life being cut short by AIDS.

'Somebody crowd me with love
Somebody force me to care
Somebody let come through
I'll always be there
As frightened as you
To help us survive
Being alive.'

– Stephen #Sondheim
(1930-2021)

R.I.P
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I'm rarely happier than with a new Megan Abbott in my hand. I devoured this one and relished every second. So visceral you can smell and taste each page, as delightful as it is repulsive. The dark cruelty at the heart of the beautiful is exposed with such tenderness.