Tishani Doshi: ‘I can go out alone at night – but the dangers don’t go away’
The Welsh-Indian poet, dancer and writer talks about the realities of life for women in Tamil Nadu and her hit poem Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods
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The best recent crime novels – review roundup
Give Me Your hand by Megan Abbott, A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay, Take Me In by Sabine Durrant, City of Sinners by AA Dhand and Sticks and Stones by Jo Jakeman Read more
Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels
The best recent crime novels – review roundup
This Is What Happened by Mick Herron, The Blood Road by Stuart MacBride, The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney, The Poison Bed by EC Fremantle and A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss Read more
Plogging: the fitness craze that’s sweeping the streets
It’s time to embrace the Scandinavian trend for picking up litter while jogging – even if the word ‘plogging’ is a bit rubbish
Read moreFrom battlefield to basket of goods: our long love affair with leggings
They are now one of the consumer products used to measure the UK’s inflation rate, but leggings have been around for 300 years
Read moreMy life as a bookworm: what children can teach us about how to read
To adults, rereading feels like an indulgence – but for children it is a necessity. Lucy Mangan reflects on a childhood spent with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Milly-Molly-Mandy
Read moreThe Beautiful Cure by Daniel M Davis review – how our immune system has shaped world history
A terrific book by a consummate storyteller and scientific expert considers the past and future of the body’s ability to fight disease and heal itself
Read moreVideocracy by Kevin Allocca review – YouTube’s magic and myths
The video sharing website has brought us skateboarding dogs and beauty vloggers, but has it really transformed our lives?
Read moreBethlehem: Biography of a Town by Nicholas Blincoe review – love letter to Christ’s birthplace
Memories merge with history in this account of the ‘little town’ that has become one of the most contested areas on Earth Read more
The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young review – what is it like to be a cow?
An organic farmer identifies empathy, happiness and eccentricity in her cattle. Despite the seeming naivety of her narrative voice, she is well aware of what she’s up to Read more
Mike McCormack: ‘On my fifth book I’m a debutante’
The cult Irish writer is back with a prize-winning novel, Solar Bones, after a decade in the doldrums
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