Alice Sheldon, the woman behind the pseudonym James Tiptree Jr., was a multifaceted talent known for her masculine prose. She ...

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In the early 1370s, Louis I of Anjou, the second son of the French king, commissioned a vast series of tapestries, now on ...

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If you are like me, you have friends with whom you love to talk about books. Each gets excited about something he recently read and wants to share this experience with you. Often, you know how they th ...

The journalist and BBC news anchor is a judge for The British Book Awards 2025, the winners of which are announced on 12 May.