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Legalised assisted dying should “gradually” be extended to dementia sufferers, the author Ian McEwan has said.McEwan was “shocked by the snow-drilling attempts” by those opposed to…

Myriad, Microscopic and MarvellousGeertje Dekkers Reaktion (2025)In 1674, microbiologist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek made “his most sensational discovery”, writes historian Geertje Dekkers in her revealing, finely illustrated…

Last night, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, announced a £27.5m package for libraries. It’s the latest in a string of reading-focused government initiatives, the flagship being…

Islands in InfinityDerek Ward-Thompson et al. London Stereoscopic (2025)This spectacular book of photographs of the Universe is dedicated to the late astronomer and broadcaster Patrick Moore,…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Carson Beck looked left, he looked right and then he saw a clear path out of the desert and back home.Nearly one year…

A girl on the cusp of adolescence gazes down at a book. Her left hand rests against her flushed pink cheeks, while her right clutches the…

Two years ago, I started learning Japanese on Duolingo. At first, the daily accrual of vocabulary was fun. Every lesson earned me experience points – a…

On the evening of Monday 1 February 2021, during the third Covid lockdown, my wife Alexa and I sat down on the sofa to have sausages and chips in…

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books.Recently, I went out for drinks with a young woman…

There are nights when the dance floor beckons but the bones refuse. When the urge to party arrives, it may be too late to book a…