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  • THE SIEGE AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY, LONDON BRITAIN - 1980<br>A HOSTAGE IS FREED BY THE SAS, WATCHED BY ARMED POLICE THE SIEGE AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY, LONDON BRITAIN - 1980 BRITISH COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY WARFARE TEAM OF THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE TERRORIST TERRORISM HOSTAGE RESCUE MISSION.

    Observer book of the week
    The Siege by Ben Macintyre review – enthralling account of the Iranian embassy hostage crisis

    Andrew Anthony
  • VIRGINIE DESPENTES

    Interview
    Virginie Despentes: ‘I wasn’t writing Baise-Moi from a very good place’

    The French author of the rape-revenge story on drug addiction, her debt to Charles Bukowski and her new #MeToo book set in publishing
  • Sally Rooney in Merrion Square, Dublin.

    Interview
    Sally Rooney: ‘Falling in love when I was very young transformed my life’

    Sally Rooney on romance, writing about sex and, the Normal People phenomenon and her new novel, Intermezzo
  • Lee Child and Richard Osman.

    Interview
    ‘I wanted to write a suburban Reacher’: Richard Osman talks to Lee Child about class, success and the secret to great crime writing

  • Haruki Murakami, Cher, Neneh Cherry, Angela Merkel and Alan Hollinghurst Autumn Books

    Autumn books
    From a new Murakami to a memoir by Cher: the best books of the autumn

  • James Lovelock at his home in Abbotsbury, Dorset.

    Book of the day
    The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts – man of many myths

    Philip Ball
  • picture of man with books

    Tom Gauld's cultural cartoons
    Tom Gauld on distraction – cartoon

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What to read
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Non-fiction reviews
  • A view shows the clocks of the artwork "L'Heure de tous" (Everybody's Time) by French artist Arman in front of the Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris<br>A view shows the clocks of the artwork "L'Heure de tous" (Everybody's Time) by French artist Arman (Armand Pierre Fernandez) in front of the Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris, France, March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

    Health, mind and body books
    Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman – time to relax

    Simon Usborne
  • Dr Rachel Clarke

    Health, mind and body books
    The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke review – a doctor’s remarkable account of an organ transplant

    Fiona Sturges
    The remarkable journey of a young girl’s heart to a young boy’s body is told in an accessible, humane way
  • Nick Duerden with his border terrier, Missy.

    Society books
    People Who Like Dogs Like People Who Like Dogs review – a touching tale of the canine-human community

    Hephzibah Anderson
    Journalist Nick Duerden finds a puppy provides entry into an unexpected new social world at his local park
  • Gillian Anderson lying on a lounger, laughing

    Society books
    Want: Sexual Fantasies, edited by Gillian Anderson review – intriguing survey of desire

    Stephanie Merritt
  • YUVAL NOAH HARARI DO NOT USE FOR SATURDAY AUG 24TH, 2024. NO OTHER USAGE UNTIL AFTER THAT DATE. Set Styling: Lee Flude, Grooming: Sadaf Ahmad yuval noah harari

    Science and nature books
    Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari review – rage against the machine

    Killian Fox
  • Portrait of Dog looking into the wind.

    Philosophy books
    The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – a masterclass in canine philosophy

    Tim Dowling
  • Detail of Self-Portrait by Paul Gauguin, 1893.

    Biography books
    Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux review – savage with a sensitive side

    Tim Adams
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Fiction & poetry reviews
  • Underwater view of reef

    Fiction
    Playground by Richard Powers review – the wonder of the oceans

    Xan Brooks
  • Bella Mackie

    Fiction
    What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie review – Succession-style satire

    Jenny Colgan
    A vile multimillionaire dies in mysterious circumstances in this entertaining follow-up to How to Kill Your Family
  • Elizabeth Strout.

    Fiction
    Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – when Olive Kitteridge met Lucy Barton

    Elizabeth Lowry
    The worlds of Strout’s previous books converge in this quietly stunning novel of interlocking stories
  • Will Self author photo

    Fiction
    Elaine by Will Self review – an intense reimagining of the author’s mother’s life

    Sam Leith
  • The Final Cut - Charles Burns.

    Graphic novel of the month
    Final Cut by Charles Burns review – a book to be read and reread

    Rachel Cooke
  • Richard Osman Photographer: Jay Brooks Assistant: Caz Dyer Set Design: Sandy Suffield Assistant: Lucas Aliaga-Hurt Grooming: Pauline Simmons

    Crime fiction
    We Solve Murders by Richard Osman review – his new crime-fighting team is another winner

    Alison Flood
  • Author Michel Houellebecq sits at a table, surrounded by journalists with cameras and microphones

    Fiction
    Annihilation by Michel Houellebecq review – deepfakes, sex acts and cyber-attacks

    Anthony Cummins
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Children's and YA books
  • The Moon Seed by Sally Anne Garland

    Children's book roundup
    Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
  • Detail from Molly Knox Ostertag’s The Deep Dark.

    Young adult books
    Young adult books roundup – reviews

    Fiona Noble
    A rich tale of telepathic teens from Moira Buffini, stories of the power of sisterhood and female friendships, and a French exchange trip gone comically wrong
  • Hot Dog by Doug Salati

    Children's book roundup
    Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

    Imogen Russell Williams
    A frazzled dachshund; a rebellious goatherd; standing up to your family; a dystopian vision of marriage and more
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Interviews
  • Elizabeth Strout

    Interview
    Elizabeth Strout: ‘All ordinary people are extraordinary’

  • Pedro Almodóvar

    Interview
    Pedro Almodóvar: ‘Life needs fiction to make it bearable’

    The Spanish film-maker on the raw, real life experiences behind his first collection of short stories – and why his mother is his inspiration
  • Rumaan Alam

    Interview
    Novelist Rumaan Alam: ‘A lot of people have secret money – it can make you crazy with envy’

    His pandemic bestseller Leave the World Behind was made into a starry Netflix movie. Now the author is turning the spotlight on wealth. He talks about success, parenthood – and the mania of trying to make it in New York
  • Anne Enright

    The Q&A
    Anne Enright: ‘When I was eight I wanted to be a boy, so that I could be anything I wanted’

  • Rachel Kushner.

    Interview
    ‘Writing this book was like a drug high’: Rachel Kushner on her Booker-listed novel

  • Author Ferdia Lennon in his home city of Norwich. 8/8/24 Norwich, Norfolk

    Interview
    Ferdia Lennon: ‘I was tired of Merchant Ivory accents’

  • Julia Armfield, left, and Eliza Clark.

    Interview
    ‘I feel like when I’m 50 people will take me seriously’: novelists Eliza Clark and Julia Armfield in conversation

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Regulars
  • FRANCE-BRITAIN-LITERATURE-PORTRAIT<br>British author and academic Bernardine Evaristo poses during a photo session at a hotel in Paris on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

    The books of my life
    Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I’ve gone from being a raging ranter in my 20s to a radical reasoner in my 60s’

  • teaching balloon

    Big idea
    The big idea: how the ‘protege effect’ can help you learn almost anything

    Explaining things to another person – or a rubber duck – can boost your understanding and even bridge political divides
  • James Baldwin.

    Where to start with
    Where to start with: James Baldwin

    The great American author and civil rights activist’s works offered prophetic warnings, generosity of spirit and clarity like no other when it came to race relations
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