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Dua Lipa to curate London literature festival at Southbank Centre
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (512+ words) The British pop star will lead the 2026 London literature festival in collaboration with her Service95...Centre’s 75th anniversary celebrations Brit award-winning pop star Dua Lipa is to curate this year’s London...“Curating the Southbank Centre’s London literature festival is a dream come…...
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr audiobook review – love and lost dreams in bohemian London
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (617+ words) Moving to London, they found fame in the art world, where they were nicknamed MacBraque and McPicasso...The Two Roberts by Damian Barr audiobook review – love and lost dreams in bohemian London This fictionalised...
London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe review – a compulsive tale of money, lies and avoidable tragedy
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1407+ words) The Guardian London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe review – a compulsive tale of money, lies and avoidable...
London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1112+ words) starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UKThe annual London...London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship...starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style…...
Overnight by Dan Richards audiobook review – an immersive journey into the night worker’s world
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (529+ words) From bakers in London to night ferry operatives in Aberdeen, the author narrates atmospheric behind-the-scenes...support for the homeless; a search and rescue team in Lincolnshire; and night ferry operatives transporting...In the early hours, he visits The Dusty Knuckle…...
The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off
10+ mon, 3+ day ago (874+ words) violence knocks his life off course; he joins the military and is stationed in Kuwait; he moves to London...and works as a bouncer before the rising tides of global capital carry him, for a while, into the monied...violence…...
As If by Isabel Waidner review – surreal doppelganger story
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1118+ words) A Waiting for Godot transported to the housing estates and grotty sublets of Clerkenwell, London, the...
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (706+ words) truth about the seemingly unconnected deaths of two teenagers from the most powerful families on the ship...and space opera.Paris Fantastique by Nicholas Royle (Confingo, £9.50) The third collection after London...We are on the Bellwether, a ship that functions…...
Into the Wreck by Susannah Dickey review – an immersive exploration of grief
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1015+ words) Anna, the eldest, fled to London at 16 to escape constant confrontations with her mother and is now forced...to return for her father’s funeral, while Matthew, the youngest, silently and heartbreakingly carries...
Nonesuch by Francis Spufford review – a dazzling wartime fantasy
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1116+ words) Dark magic, fascism and romance in blitz-stricken London: this exuberant novel is a popcorny delightWhen...The novel opens in London, August 1939: war has been declared, but hasn’t yet made its reality felt in...romance, occultism, non-Euclidean geometry and airborne adventure…...