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It was lucky for Victoria that Albert died young…
Queens And Kings Lucy Worsley Hodder & Stoughton £25, 400pp By KATHARINE SPURRIER Published: 12:00 EDT, 26 September 2026 | Updated: 12:00 EDT, 26 September 2026 <!--
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Were the 60s a swinging decade of sex and mini skirts … or the start of a decline into
In David Kynaston’s telling, the past is like a gigantic flicker-book. Having examined newspaper reports, diaries, letters, media bulletins, and contemporary memoirs, plus heaps of other sources, he is able to tell us that in the period…
‘Hold on to your hats…’ the best literary fiction this week: Female Life on Planet
By CLAIRE ALLFREE Published: 05:00 EDT, 25 September 2026 | Updated: 05:12 EDT, 25 September 2026 <!--
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Demons, angels and magical pipes…best Romantasy out now: The Wretched Divine by Adalyn
By JAMIE BUXTON Published: 05:44 EDT, 25 September 2026 | Updated: 05:46 EDT, 25 September 2026 <!--
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Kidnappings abound in this week’s psychological thrillers: Someone Just Followed You by
By CHRISTENA APPLEYARD Published: 05:51 EDT, 25 September 2026 | Updated: 06:00 EDT, 25 September 2026 <!--
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What book leaves philanthropist John Studzinski cold?
By JOHN STUDZINSKI Published: 06:09 EDT, 25 September 2026 | Updated: 06:33 EDT, 25 September 2026 <!--
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China Miéville returns in this month’s science fiction: The Rouse by China Miéville, The
By JAMIE BUXTON Published: 05:51 EDT, 25 September 2026 | Updated: 07:36 EDT, 25 September 2026 <!--
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The smaller the dog…the happier the owner
Yap! by Stephanie Howard-Smith (Granta £16.99, 304pp) By BEL MOONEY Published: 13:00 EDT, 24 September 2026 | Updated: 13:00 EDT, 24 September 2026 <!--
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Kylie’s secret weapon and the reason we just can’t get her out of our heads
By THOMAS W. HODGKINSON As chat-up lines go, it was crude. The first time bad-boy rock star Michael Hutchence clapped eyes on good-girl pop star Kylie Minogue, it was at an Australian Music Awards after-party in 1987.The charismatic…
How I cut down to only drinking one bottle of booze a day and eating red meat just seven
By CHRISTOPHER HART Published: 04:30 EDT, 20 September 2026 | Updated: 04:30 EDT, 20 September 2026 <!--
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