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Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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“She’s Nigel Farage’s problem now.”

Steve Erickson completed the first draft of his latest novel, Shadowbahn, the same month Donald Trump officially announced his presidential candidacy. Immediately after its publication, in 2017, criti...

From a breathless tango to a kiss that sent fans wild, the pair crafted a sensational seven-year TV crush. The real-life best friends talk first impressions, Casablanca moments – and having hot husban...

William Golding didn’t push back on any of the suggested revisions: you get the impression that he would have done...

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In a rare interview, the Japanese author talks about losing the urge to write and run, bringing his work to the London stage — and his unlikely friendship with the singer

In slow-, stop-motion, Phil Tippett's MAD GOD maps the Fall of Man as infernal, archaeological deep dive into our capacity for destruction

Robert Louis Stevenson, the lighthouse dynasty he left behind and the sea that shaped him.

Eccentric Francis wants to fight corruption in his community by setting up a newspaper.

New York musician Rebekah Heller gifts her neighbour Steve Reich a mixtape on his 90th.

This 14-CD, two-DVD box set of live recordings is a potent reminder of the rawness and urgency of the short-lived Manchester band

Claire Biddles returns to Elastica's debut album and finds it short and perfectly formed; even with some extra tracks thrown in.

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Over the course of 24 novels and 87 years, Anita Brookner achieved many dislocations of selfhood and may have become...

How reclusive rap icon MF DOOM came to live in obscurity in the north of England.

In a raw, mean town, a boy turns to the one thing he can trust.

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From B-sides to outtakes and live cuts, here's our rundown of 20 lesser-spotted Bruce Spingsteen gems

Thomas Pynchon’s late style, beginning with Inherent Vice (2009) and continuing through Bleeding Edge (2013) to Shadow Ticket (2025), represents a curious and deliberate narrowing of his fictional …

Through five key gigs, Laura Barton reveals the extraordinary life behind the legend

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The jazz fusionist five-piece bring conceptual clarity and genuine joy to their latest release

With its expansive production and resonant vocals, the singer-songwriter’s latest record marks a significant shift in quality

Revisiting a part she first played almost 40 years ago at London’s Royal Court, the actor is riveting as a woman enduring Germany’s chaotic 20th century

The Pulitzer winner’s third novel continues his exploration of the character of America, from geographical space to capital and now technology and human connection

Twenty years in the writing, this paranormal epic of cold war espionage and family tragedy is a quantum leap in terms of ambition and moral seriousness

Ken Caillat, the engineer who worked on the band’s 1977 masterpiece, recalls the dogs, fights and drugs in the studio — including the band member who throttled him

I met the Booker-winning author in 2009. Hermione Lee’s magisterial biography, Anita Brookner: Art and Life, captures her perfectly

Ashley Kahn speaks to the composer Steve Reich about the music of John Coltrane.

Five cheetah cubs at the Prague zoo are doing well after surviving a weather scare and their mother's illness.