After the year we’ve had, there’s no predicting anything about the year that’s to come. But whatever else might be fated to happen (to us) in 2026, there will definitely be books,…

Adaptation of Fiona Mozley’s novel wisely leaves the looming figure of Daddy unseen in this quasi-mythical tale of an off-grid family’s doomed fight against class and capitalism

Elmet, a novel that was shortlisted for the Booker, is a lyrical, richly written tale of a woodland family on a collision course with an avaricious landowner. Can it work on stage in Bradford?

Feed your family without the fuss with this collection of What Mummy Makes’ all-time favourite slow cooker recipes.This life-saving cookbook brings together Rebecca’s favourite slow cooker recipes - f...

Mercenaries have returned to the central stage in Africa’s conflicts.

A hundred years after his birth, have successors such as Robin Williams, Steve Coogan or Sacha Baron Cohen come close to matching him?

John Murray Press, a division of Hachette UK, is set to launch its first classics list this month, including titles by David Attenborough, Jane Austen and Margaret MacMillan.

Roger Lewis reveals that in reality the much loved actor, Peter Sellers, was selfish, vicious and a wife beater.

John Murray Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is set to launch its first classics list this month, including titles by David Attenborough, Jane Austen and Margaret MacMillan.

Peter Sellers was one of the most brilliant performers the screen has ever known – but it came at a grotesque cost to those close to him

A powerful new stage production is set to premiere during Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture.

To soundtrack those long, lazy afternoons try Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s torrid love affair, a real-life pirate of the Caribbean or Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot

Early years expert Sophie David tells Elisabeth Perlman why we’re fooling ourselves if we think screens are educational

This week: Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross among the game show’s new cast; why was Wolf Hall snubbed at the Baftas?; Adam Curtis launches a new series; and more

For fans of director Stanley Kubrick, this enhanced biography may be the most thorough and readable volume on one of the cinema’s most profound seers.

The far right has normalised much of its ideology within mainstream politics – and ‘body fascism’ is part of that

Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

8th of April 2025 6.30-9pm 6.30pm doors open 7-8pm discussion followed by a Q&A 8-9pm drinks Join us to celebrate Gloss by Kyra Wilder. Kyra will be in conversation with Suzanne Joinson. Kyra Wild...

Stanley Kubrick's perfectionism is legendary, but we know little of him as a person. This book looks for the man behind the eccentric genius.

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