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British writer brought wit, realism and class consciousness to cold war espionage fiction, reshaping the genre in the 1960s ...

The former archbishop delves deep into a word that is easy to use on social media, but hard to follow through on ...

A witty metaphysical satire about what happens when the processes that help souls pass on begin to fail ...

Prosecutors say Kouri Richins slipped five times the lethal dose of the synthetic opioid into a cocktail that he drank ...

As Emerald Fennell's film sparks debate, we celebrate the pioneering brilliance of the siblings' work ...

The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UK ...

Magnusson's 2017 bestseller The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning turned the Scandinavian decluttering practice into a global phenomenon ...

A suburban headteacher navigates antisemitism in Gaza-outraged London in Jacobson's latest novel ...

A journalist charts the progress of AI pioneer Demis Hassabis from child chess prodigy to Nobel prize winner ...

Author says he doesn't 'feel symbolic' and hopes to steer narrative to his books after surviving assassination attempt ...