Aonghas MacNeacail obituary
Poet and writer who championed the Gaelic language in Scotland and the rest of the world
‘Queen’ is UK children’s word of the year for 2022
Almost half of the children surveyed by Oxford University Press chose ‘Queen’ as their top word, with ‘happy’ and ‘chaos’ in second and third place
Anthony Joseph wins TS Eliot prize for ‘luminous’ poetry collection
Joseph takes £25,000 prize for Sonnets for Albert, which weighs the impact of growing up with a largely absent father
Bookseller ‘fundraising for a dream’ to open Arabic bookshop in London
Following the closure of Al Saqi Books, Maqam, founded by a former staff member, aims to offer a new ‘home for people who love the Arabic language’
Ronald Blythe obituary
Nature writer whose 1969 book Akenfield, a portrait of a rural life rapidly disappearing from view, was acclaimed as a classic
Beware the ‘spare’: let’s drop the need for a second-in-line, and let Harry be the last
Heirs’ early deaths are a lot less common these days, so Britain should copy European royalty and let No 2s work unimpeded, says history professor Kate Williams
Philip Kogan obituary
Founder of the publisher Kogan Page, one of the first companies to focus on business and management titles
Prince Harry’s autobiography Spare is UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book
The memoir, which includes claims Prince William attacked him, records figures of 400,000 on its first day
UK’s independent bookshops survive Christmas but fear for the future
Survey shows majority of indie booksellers had average sales over the festive period, with many concerned about the cost of living crisis
Spare by Prince Harry review – a flawed attempt to reclaim the narrative
By turns sympathetic and absurd, this is a memoir that deals in the tropes of tabloid storytelling even as it lambasts them
Prince Harry’s memoir hits No 1 on Amazon, predicted to be one of year’s bestsellers
Spare is already UK’s top-selling title a day ahead of publication, with retailers expecting sustained interest in royal revelations
US interest grows after Prince Harry book revelations
New York Times suggests Spare could be one of most divisive celebrity memoirs as comedians and talkshow hosts weigh in
Drugs, sex and killings: six explosive revelations from Prince Harry’s book
The early Spanish publication of the memoir reveals a scuffle with William and lost virginity behind a pub
Prince Harry book leaks let papers have their cake and eat it
Spanish bookshops and leak to the Guardian undo secrecy plans but won’t affect Spare’s sales, say industry experts
Hanif Kureishi says he may never be able to walk or hold pen again after fall in Rome
Novelist and screenwriter says he is unable to move arms and legs and has undergone spinal surgery