silverguide.site

Trusted Reference Source

Top Stories
World Cup 2026 playoffs: Wales and Republic of Ireland exit on penalties – as it happened Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland: World Cup playoff – as it happened From Laurel Hubbard to sex testing in five years: why the Olympics U-turned on transgender rules ‘Effortlessly hip’: two novels named joint winners of Queen Mary small press fiction prize Elsie Matthewman obituary Prem Rugby will introduce minimum salary floor of £5.4m for clubs next season Trump describes UK aircraft carriers as ‘toys’ in latest anti-Nato jibe US House speaker gives Trump so-called ‘America First’ award amid global chaos Next may be resilient – but nobody will be immune if the energy price shock goes on Share your views on whether children should be allowed in pubs The delusion of easy victory from the air may have seduced the US into another war MEPs back plans for ‘return hubs’, raising fears of ‘human rights black holes’ Finnish MP convicted for saying homosexuality is ‘developmental disorder’ ‘Tehran’s tollbooth’: a visual guide to how a trickle of ships still passes through strait of Hormuz What caused the NS&I missing savings errors and what to do if you’re affected Tories are convinced McSweeney’s phone is the only one in London not to have been stolen US passengers enraged by hours-long lines and missed flights: ‘Absolutely insane’ I’m losing my home through a no-fault eviction Track children’s experiences to reform family court system When family ties become a dreadful burden

Books News

Among Friends by Hal Ebbott review – how to blow up your life

silverguide.site – All seems perfect for these rich and successful New Yorkers – until a bond is violently shattered in this sharp and pleasurable debut…
Among Friends by Hal Ebbott review – how to blow up your life

Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – behind the scenes at the Guardian

silverguide.site – A lively history of the paper from 1986 to 1995 covers global upheaval, internal conflict and a bold but brilliant redesign…
Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – behind the scenes at the Guardian

‘One kid at a time’: How children’s books on male friendship could combat toxic masculinity

silverguide.site – From Margaret McDonald’s Glasgow Boys to Nathanael Lessore’s King of Nothing, boys take centre stage in this year’s Carnegie-winning titles. Let’s hope that the male protagonists persuade more boys to pick up a book…
‘One kid at a time’: How children’s books on male friendship could combat toxic masculinity

Poem of the week: The Song of Arachnid by Gillian Allnutt

silverguide.site – A generous and warm ecofeminist vision of the labours of motherhood…
Poem of the week: The Song of Arachnid by Gillian Allnutt

Endling by Maria Reva review – a Ukrainian caper upended by war

silverguide.site – Jaw-dropping formal invention turns this witty heist tale of endangered snails and ‘mail-order’ brides into an urgent dispatch about writing during conflict…
Endling by Maria Reva review – a Ukrainian caper upended by war

Angela Livingstone obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Translator who made many great works of Russian literature accessible to English readers…
Angela Livingstone obituary

Marginalia mania: how ‘annotating’ books went from big no-no to BookTok’s next trend

silverguide.site – Readers are sharing how they write their predictions into novels, colour-code their emotional responses and even gift annotated books to friends. Is it actually fun, or just a bit like homework?…
Marginalia mania: how ‘annotating’ books went from big no-no to BookTok’s next trend

Not My Type by E Jean Carroll review – memoir takes a hatchet to Trump

silverguide.site – The writer’s account of the Trump trials is packed with revenge and barbed wit. She has little to hide…
Not My Type by E Jean Carroll review – memoir takes a hatchet to Trump

Charles Dickens’s ‘sliding doors’ moment: how a cold turned an aspiring thespian into a writer

silverguide.site – An exhibition explores the authors’ love of theatre, highlighting the dramatic impact of his works…
Charles Dickens’s ‘sliding doors’ moment: how a cold turned an aspiring thespian into a writer

How does an Obama speechwriter befriend a Joe Rogan fan? Via surfing

silverguide.site – David Litt’s new book It’s Only Drowning centres on an improbable friendship and how shared experience provides a neutral ground for connection…
How does an Obama speechwriter befriend a Joe Rogan fan? Via surfing

Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now

silverguide.site – From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction…
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now

My perfect holiday reading, by Bernardine Evaristo, David Nicholls, Zadie Smith and more

silverguide.site – From novels and short stories, to biography and history, leading authors recommend their favourite recent books and the ones they can’t wait to dive into…
My perfect holiday reading, by Bernardine Evaristo, David Nicholls, Zadie Smith and more

The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup

silverguide.site – Fox by Joyce Carol Oates; A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor; Death of a Diplomat by Eliza Reid; Actually, I’m a Murderer by Terry Deary; Can You Solve the Murder? by Antony Johnston…
The best recent crime and thrillers – roundup

Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie review – the joy of the hatchet job

silverguide.site – Is giving an artist a one-star review an act of abuse? An influential theatre critic finds out in this smart story of #MeToo-era revenge…
Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie review – the joy of the hatchet job

Letter: Duncan Campbell obituary

silverguide.site – Sylvia Beales writes: Duncan Campbell understood the importance of truth and justice…
Letter: Duncan Campbell obituary

Hark by Alice Vincent audiobook review – a search for silence

silverguide.site – A former music journalist’s exploration of how we listen is informed by her life-changing experience of motherhood…
Hark by Alice Vincent audiobook review – a search for silence

Wait Here by Lucy Nelson review – stories of childless women that are complex and wonderfully varied

silverguide.site – Instead of reducing its characters to one-dimensional traits, this debut collection is a compassionate rendering of the many different ways to shape a family and a life…
Wait Here by Lucy Nelson review – stories of childless women that are complex and wonderfully varied

Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner

silverguide.site – The 27-year-old’s prizewinning debut, Glasgow Boys, is a coming-of-age novel about the friendship between two boys who have grown up in the care system…
Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner

How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast review – Erica Jong’s daughter on the worst year of her life

silverguide.site – In this frank, exposing memoir, Jong-Fast reflects on her dysfunctional upbringing as her family falls apart…
How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast review – Erica Jong’s daughter on the worst year of her life

UK audiobook revenue up by almost a third last year

silverguide.site – Income from audiobooks reached a record £268m in 2024, according to figures from the Publishers Association…
UK audiobook revenue up by almost a third last year
Close