In September 2025, I invited friends and family members to record themselves reading a 20-second passage from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions (1782).

Inside the minds of writing duo Adam Smyth and Chloe Houston, about the creation of their debut mystery The Book Game, jointly written as Frances Wise.

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With my friend Chloë Houston, I’ve written a novel and it’s about to be published.

The rise of AI is making a degree in humanities more valuable than ever

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A group of old friends reunite for an idyllic week-long retreat. By Friday, their lives will never be the same again… In August, eight friends gather at a house in the Cambridgesh...