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Christopher Berry-Dee is the UK’s all-time bestselling true crime author. Is he also a violent abuser of women and children?

silverguide.site – The British writer is known for his unique ability to get inside the heads of serial killers. But a Guardian investigation reveals multiple accusations of assault and child sexual abuse. What is the truth about the man described by his own daughter as ‘absolute evil’?…
Christopher Berry-Dee is the UK’s all-time bestselling true crime author. Is he also a violent abuser of women and children?
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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

silverguide.site – The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian; Claws Out! by Bella Mackie; Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang; Children of Wolves by Lawrence Osborne; Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth…
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
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Rebecca Perry: ‘Lorca hit me like a bolt of lightning’

silverguide.site – The poet and novelist on the power of fairytales, being inspired by Frank O’Hara and the joys of Doris Lessing…
Rebecca Perry: ‘Lorca hit me like a bolt of lightning’
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Iris Murdoch artworks from secret room go on display – including self-portrait

silverguide.site – Second world war paintings and sketches show novelist ‘engaging with her world in a new light’…
Iris Murdoch artworks from secret room go on display – including self-portrait
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Mine by Adam Ouston review – novel told in a single sentence is a hallucinatory reading experience

silverguide.site – Ouston’s second novel follows a poet who is trapped in an abandoned mine in Tasmania while searching for inspiration for his ‘last great work’…
Mine by Adam Ouston review – novel told in a single sentence is a hallucinatory reading experience
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Universality by Natasha Brown audiobook review – a sparkling multi-voiced satire

silverguide.site – A magazine article about stolen gold sparks a culture war between a cast of politically polarised characters…
Universality by Natasha Brown audiobook review – a sparkling multi-voiced satire
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Can Nothing Save Us? by Irvine Welsh review – US family saga is a late-career triumph

silverguide.site – The Scottish author focuses on gun culture and generational conflict in this darkly satirical tale about a great power in decline…
Can Nothing Save Us? by Irvine Welsh review – US family saga is a late-career triumph
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Animal Farm review – Orwell goes outback in this subversive, rowdy stage adaptation

silverguide.site – Bloomshed’s take on Orwell’s classic is a rare thing in the theatre: a one-hour show that could easily, and probably should, have been longer…
Animal Farm review – Orwell goes outback in this subversive, rowdy stage adaptation
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EJ Swift wins the 2026 Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction

silverguide.site – The writer – who was also shortlisted in 2023 – has won the prize for her book When There Are Wolves Again, a speculative work of eco-fiction set in near-future Britain …
EJ Swift wins the 2026 Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction
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Something Like Happiness by Tom Newlands review – a tender take on hard times, anger and autism

silverguide.site – A twentysomething Scottish couple care for their autistic son in the bleak follow-up to Only Here, Only Now…
Something Like Happiness by Tom Newlands review – a tender take on hard times, anger and autism
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A History of the Novel in Britain by Philip Hensher review – a masterpiece of criticism

silverguide.site – This joyous book takes readers on a literary adventure across 200 years of fiction, from Defoe to Zadie Smith…
A History of the Novel in Britain by Philip Hensher review – a masterpiece of criticism
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I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa review – Nobel laureate’s final novel is a love letter to Peru

silverguide.site – This fascinating, eccentric book becomes a quirky primer on Peruvian music and culture…
I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa review – Nobel laureate’s final novel is a love letter to Peru
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You Won’t Get Free of It by Rachel Aviv review – a subtle study of the mother-daughter bond

silverguide.site – The most complex female relationship is thrown into sharp relief in this moving series of essays…
You Won’t Get Free of It by Rachel Aviv review – a subtle study of the mother-daughter bond
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Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’

silverguide.site – The former US president will host six episodes of A Great Book for Audible, discussing work from Toni Morrison and John le Carré to James Baldwin…
Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’
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The cricket fiction of Sassoon and De Sélincourt isn’t in a ‘bucolic dreamworld’ | Letter

silverguide.site – Letter: There are serious political and societal messages to be found in some of the best-known fictional accounts of village cricket, argues Rod Edmond…
The cricket fiction of Sassoon and De Sélincourt isn’t in a ‘bucolic dreamworld’ | Letter
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Is Beauty Good by Rosalind Belben review – the literary equivalent of free jazz

silverguide.site – Combining hilarious detail with harsh observation, this rediscovered novel takes the reader on an exhilaratingly strange journey…
Is Beauty Good by Rosalind Belben review – the literary equivalent of free jazz
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John Berger: From Life by Tom Overton review – a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic

silverguide.site – This multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing…
John Berger: From Life by Tom Overton review – a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic
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We know sleep, exercise and diet are vital for health. But why?

silverguide.site – The benefits of all three come down to a crucial piece of cellular kit…
We know sleep, exercise and diet are vital for health. But why?
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom

silverguide.site – Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?…
‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
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It’s not just Homer: the new generation of poets enjoying epic success

silverguide.site – Christopher Nolan’s film has made the Odyssey a bestselling book again, but a slew of new poets are breaking sales records, and have more in common with the ancient Greek than you might expect…
It’s not just Homer: the new generation of poets enjoying epic success
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