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Poetry sales surpassed £8m in the first 30 weeks of 2026 and are expected to reach a record high this year thanks to blockbuster adaptation of Homer's 2,700-year-old poem ...

Written by a US army veteran, this novel of courage and cruelty during the first world war is filled with unsettlingly authoritative depictions of violence - but its characters are less believable ...

From an ashram in India to an ayahuasca ceremony in Peru, a travel writer searches for meaning after the death of his wife ...

London's 90s art scene forms the backdrop to this tale of a complex relationship between two artists whose identities become entangled in their creative collaboration ...

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully ...