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Why The Satanic Verses is still controversial
feature The attack on Salman Rushdie in New York came 34 years after the publication of his infamous novel
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Five things you may not know about Raymond Briggs
Why Everyone’s Talking About The Snowman author ‘tried to avoid children’ and described himself as a ‘creative sociopath’
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Should book trigger warnings and bans at universities be reversed?
Talking Point Institutions criticised for ‘cosseting students’ by axing ‘challenging’ texts
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Historian David McCullough dead at 89
Speed Read
By Grayson Quay Published
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Books for your must-read bucket list
feature A look at some of the best books ever written
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'The noble capital of Vienna'
feature An excerpt from Angus Robertson's 'The Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Vienna'
By Angus Robertson Published
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Book of the week: Original Sins by Matt Rowland Hill
The Week Recommends This addiction memoir is written with such ‘novelistic verve’ that you could mistake it for fiction
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Best children’s books for the summer holidays
In Depth The Week Junior’s Summer of Reading challenge celebrates young readers’ ‘superpowers’
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Zelensky: A Biography by Serhii Rudenko – a ‘quirky and fascinating’ book
The Week Recommends Biography is ‘hastily written and translated’, but does capture a remarkable transformation
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Book of the week: The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry
The Week Recommends This ‘crisply readable’ polemic questions whether sexual freedom is really as liberating as it sounds
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Book review - Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by Seirian Sumner
The Week Recommends An ‘exuberant guide’ that will make you think again about these oft-overlooked creatures
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Book of the week: The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
The Week Recommends This ‘engrossing’ biography provides a ‘hugely enjoyable’ portrait of a brilliant surgeon
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Book review: When the Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope
The Week Recommends Easthope’s memoir of her experiences as a disaster manager is ‘gripping and filled with compassion’
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The Devil Wears Prada lives on behind the scenes at New York's Fashion week
opinion An excerpt from Jacey Duprie's 'Liking Myself Back: An Influencer's Journey from Self-Doubt to Self-Acceptance'
By Jacey Duprie Published
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