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23 June 2016: Britain votes to leave the European Union

What drew Howardena Pindell to painting circles? Is the album Sleaford Mods pressed just 50 copies of any good? And which TV spoof sent Kiell Smith-Bynoe viral? Writers, musicians, artists and actors recall their earliest works – warts and all

Small-town Ireland is the backdrop of Paul Murray’s saga of a dysfunctional family whose troubles are blackly comic but never less than profoundly…

From boygenius in Halifax to ballet under the stars in Wiltshire to the Borders Book festival, here are the best open-air events across the country

Barkham conjures the life of the wild swimming champion and author of Waterlog in a bravura act of creative memoir

Coe's latest novel, titled "Bournville", takes on a family saga, but with a unique focus on the emotional relationship between the British people and the royal family.

Today, Thursday, May 25, sees the opening of this years edition of Hay Festival, the internationally renowned literary festival.

Martin Amis, novelist. Born: 25 August 1949 in Oxford. Died: 19 May 2023 in Lake Worth, Florida, aged 73

The director tells the story behind this Sunday's controversial documentary. By Mark Kidel

The renowned novelist and screenwriter published a series of novels and non-fiction works over his lifetime.