Books

Life & CultureI read Florence Given’s debut novel Girl Crush so you don’t have to

Life & CultureNot Quite White: Author Laila Woozeer on growing up mixed-race

Life & CultureWhy have young women on the internet always loved Lolita?

Art & PhotographyCream an Oyster, Charm a Snake: the new book celebrating masturbation

FashionHow Nigel Shafran ushered in an electric new era of fashion photography

Life & CultureBeam Me Up Softboi: ‘There have always been men like this’

PoliticsChelsea Manning is releasing a tell-all memoir this year

Beauty newsBe gay, read books: Aesop’s free Queer Library is back

Life & CultureRead a short story about one woman’s relationship with an older man

Life & CultureAnnie Lord: ‘Writing about love is a complicated thing to be good at’

Art & PhotographyInside the provocative new edition of Death Book

Life & CultureAuthor Sheena Patel wants to make you feel sick

Life & CultureThe library is open! 11 cult queer books to read this Pride

Life & CultureJohn Waters thinks his new book would have got him the death penalty

Life & CultureCivilization’s founder on why the internet is a big toilet

Life & CultureMarianne Eloise in conversation with Naoise Dolan

Science & TechDid BookTok really get Gen Z into reading?

Life & CultureCookie Mueller writes the best opening lines in literature

Art & PhotographyThis book captures the complex, unseen world of strip clubs

Life & CultureYou grow, gorl! 12 transformative books to read this spring

Art & PhotographyKonkrete Hands book fair showcases overlooked artists and publishers

Life & CultureThe Voids: a drug-fuelled tale of one Glaswegian’s journey to enlightenment

MusicBritney Spears is writing a tell-all memoir

Art & PhotographyInside Places+Faces superstar-studded book of Polaroids