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The novelist on working on a trawler, his near miss rock climbing, and being jailed for indecent exposure ...

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A psychologist delves into the genetics of bad behaviour in a book littered with fascinating scientific findings ...

The author on being inspired by Michael Ondaatje and how Hilary Mantel helped her overcome her aversion to historical figure novels ...

In family estrangement, the mud and dirt gets everywhere, Kathryn Heyman writes. And it is very hard to undo what has been done ...

Riley has always skewered cruelty with shattering exactitude. What’s new in this story of two old friends in London is the delicacy she brings to moments of tenderness ...

A new biography puts Baldwin’s sexuality – and the men he loved – front and centre ...

Leading scholar of parliamentary politics and democratic representation ...

A new book shows that the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Hujar – as well as a new generation of artists – would not be the same without the New York island ...