Liz Truss considered cutting NHS cancer care to pay for tax cuts, claims new book
Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister claims the then PM suggested severe spending cuts to fill financial black hole
Foreign Office officials said Rishi Sunak should attend D-day event, book reveals
Department twice provided written advice to No 10 before mistake that came to define Sunak’s election campaign
Beyond Bilbo: JRR Tolkien’s long-lost poetry to be published
Long-lost verse from the Lord of the Rings author will reach bookshops 50 years after his death
‘Something is in that room’: Guillermo del Toro disturbed by ‘ghosts’ in Scottish hotel
The Shape of Water director reports supernatural disturbance while staying in Aberdeen to shoot an adaptation of Frankenstein
Dozens of UK school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, survey finds
Index on Censorship said 53% of librarians polled had been asked to remove books – and that in more than half of those cases books were taken off shelves
What I learned about loss and joy from Joan Didion, my mentor 60 years my senior
In Manhattan, I was in her orbit for nine years – quietly, she passed on a lifetime’s wisdom about grief, fear and hope, says author Cory Leadbeater
Are studies of great authors doomed as fewer students take English literature at university?
Not only will literary criticism wither, but we risk losing the campus novel entirely
Britons splash out on get-togethers as events industry toasts summer boom
Venues and companies report rise in bookings, from family bashes and weddings to date nights, book clubs and Dungeons & Dragons
Joan Brady obituary
Author of Theory of War, inspired by her grandfather’s experience of slavery in the US, which won the Whitbread book of the year award in 1993
Edinburgh film festival 2024: 12 of the best movies on show
From uplifting drama to gonzo body-horror and an intensely personal documentary, here are our favourite picks
The rioters’ burning of Spellow library broke my heart – but books will prevail over bigotry
The destruction of this beloved Liverpool institution was an act of far-right hatred. But seeing the community rally to restore this haven of literature gives me hope
Liverpool library torched by far-right rioters raises repair funds
Appeal for donations to repair fire damage caused to Spellow Hub library has raised more than £120,000 in two days
The Weak and the Wicked/No Trees in the Street review – tough, old school British drama
★★★★☆ / ★★★☆☆Two of J Lee Thompson’s early films – a gritty women’s prison drama and a postwar crime thriller – serve as a reminder that the director deserves more kudos as an artist
Edna O’Brien obituary
Novelist who scandalised her native Ireland with The Country Girls, and explored the lives of women who love and suffer
A Better Tomorrow by Mina Smallman review – devastation and beyond
The mother of two murdered daughters attempts to transmute horror and grief into action, seeking justice for them and women everywhere