Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Terry Pratchett
'Demographically, women are going to take over the world quite soon. So, enjoy'
Women's writing for Women's Day: Caitlin Moran, the best-selling feminist, talks to Una Mullally about trying to be unfamous and why the future of politics is female
Children’s and YA fiction: a bumper crop for the ‘middle grade’
Reviews of titles by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, Siobhán Parkinson, Judi Curtin, Paul Gamble and Peter Bunzl, plus Harry Potter ebooks from JK Rowling
Rhianna Pratchett reboots Lara Croft, kicking gamer ass
Her retooling of the Tomb Raider icon has earned her pride of place in the gaming industry
Terry Pratchett dies after long illness, aged 66
Best-selling fantasy author had suffered from Alzheimer’s since 2007
Fantasy writer Terry Pratchett dies at the age of 66
Discworld author had rare form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
David Butler: ‘Great writers enrich experience, even the mundane’
Brought to Book Q&A: Author of The Judas Kiss and City of Dis on what he reads and how he writes
On the science of wizards, aliens and starships
Princeton professor Charles Adler deconstructs what is and is not plausible in the worlds of Harry Potter or Avatar
Television: Gyllenhaal dips her toe in television; Norah Casey puts a foot in the grave
Maggie Gyllenhaal is terrific in ‘The Honourable Woman’ while ‘Way to Go’ looks at death in a roundabout way
Joseph O’Connor shortlisted for comic novel of the year
Sebastian Faulks, Hanif Kureishi and Helen Fielding are rivals for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
Classics every child should read
From gripping adventure to the deliciously scary, Anna Carey recommends 10 top childhood reads
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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