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We Were There by Lanre Bakare review – reimagining Black Britain

silverguide.site – A deft, documentary-like portrait of 70s and 80s Black British culture outside London…
We Were There by Lanre Bakare review – reimagining Black Britain
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Audition by Katie Kitamura review – a literary performance of true uncanniness

silverguide.site – An actor’s story becomes a thrillingly radical deconstruction of family relationships and the social roles we play…
Audition by Katie Kitamura review – a literary performance of true uncanniness
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Book bound in the skin of a 19th-century Suffolk murderer goes on display

silverguide.site – The book about the trial of William Corder, publicly executed and dissected after being convicted of murdering his lover, is bound using his skin…
Book bound in the skin of a 19th-century Suffolk murderer goes on display
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‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah

silverguide.site – On what would have been the late dub poet’s 67th birthday, his musical collaborators remember his warmth, invigorating words and reflections on the state of the world…
‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah
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Crime and thrillers of the month – review

silverguide.site – A couple’s struggle to survive a serial killer, a prank that goes terribly wrong – and the hunt for an old friend who went missing in the woods…
Crime and thrillers of the month – review
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Underdogs: The Truth About Britain’s White Working Class review – a complicated class portrait

silverguide.site – Journalist Joel Budd travels around Britain demolishing Brexit myths in a nuanced study of a social group too often reduced to a cartoon by politicians…
Underdogs: The Truth About Britain’s White Working Class review – a complicated class portrait
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HBO reveals first part of Harry Potter TV cast, including Dumbledore and Hagrid

silverguide.site – John Lithgow confirmed in Dumbledore role, with Paapa Essiedu playing Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Hagrid…
HBO reveals first part of Harry Potter TV cast, including Dumbledore and Hagrid
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‘We waited greedily for his novels’: Mario Vargas Llosa, a revolutionary of Spanish-language fiction

silverguide.site – His breakthrough book was deemed too inflammatory to be taught in my school, and was burned by authorities, but this Peruvian firebrand would reveal himself to be a man of contradictions…
‘We waited greedily for his novels’: Mario Vargas Llosa, a revolutionary of Spanish-language fiction
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Mario Vargas Llosa obituary

silverguide.site – Peruvian novelist, essayist and aspiring politician who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2010…
Mario Vargas Llosa obituary
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The big idea: will sci-fi end up destroying the world?

silverguide.site – Skewed interpretations of classic works are feeding the dark visions of tech moguls, from Musk to Thiel…
The big idea: will sci-fi end up destroying the world?
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Poem of the week: Death sets a Thing significant … by Emily Dickinson

silverguide.site – The traces of a lost friend are keenly felt in the material things they once touched…
Poem of the week: Death sets a Thing significant … by Emily Dickinson
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The one change that worked: I conquered my fear of public speaking – with just one night of pure panic

silverguide.site – When I agreed to plug my book at a literary festival, I was expecting some kind of low-key Q&A. Imagine my terror when I discovered I would have to monologue for almost an hour…
The one change that worked: I conquered my fear of public speaking – with just one night of pure panic
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Audition by Katie Kitamura review – an evasive experiment

silverguide.site – This tricksy novel from the author of A Separation takes its cue from Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy – but what starts as intrigue soon starts to feel like time-wasting…
Audition by Katie Kitamura review – an evasive experiment
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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

silverguide.site – Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles…
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
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Same River, Twice: Putin’s War on Women by Sofi Oksanen – review

silverguide.site – This harrowing study of the Russian leader’s weaponising of sexual violence argues that misogyny goes hand in hand with imperialism…
Same River, Twice: Putin’s War on Women by Sofi Oksanen – review
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Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89

silverguide.site – Nobel laureate, a star of the international boom in Latin American literature, also once ran for president in Peru…
Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89
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Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life by Frances Ryan review – countering the stereotypes

silverguide.site – The journalist’s second book offers positivity in the face of the obstacles confronting disabled girls and women…
Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life by Frances Ryan review – countering the stereotypes
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Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter review – a headlong rush through the turbulent Aids era

silverguide.site – Porter’s urgent prose propels the reader into the gay scene of the 1980s and early 90s as his protagonist’s life is torn apart by the HIV crisis…
Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter review – a headlong rush through the turbulent Aids era
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‘I’d love Keanu to read it’: Ione Skye on bisexuality, infidelity and her wild tell-all memoir

silverguide.site – The actor’s aptly named memoir Say Everything has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny…
‘I’d love Keanu to read it’: Ione Skye on bisexuality, infidelity and her wild tell-all memoir
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