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A tech sector dedicated to boiling things down has raised temperatures in some quarters of the publishing world

CRAIG BROWN: 1. In March, which one of these people was banned from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election?

Oliver Keens thinks he’s only read one novel start to finish in his life, and is tired of the world assuming he’s a philistine for not owning a library of his own. So, he thinks, let’s embrace the fact that reading isn’t for everyone

The new documentary about Magic Johnson might lack the pizzaz of the glossy Lakers’ drama, but it does add some depth

Looking to get in great shape in 2022? Our tested pick of the best fitness apps, including Peloton, FIIT and Freeletics, can help you hit your health goals.

Alex Denney surveys the horror genre over the past decade and wonders which is better: an intellectualised, ‘elevated horror’ like Get Out, or a classic slasher movie like the new Scream?

Philip Roth: ‘No one can accuse him of ever hiding who he was.’ Photograph: Reuters/Alamy Philip Roth: ‘No one can accuse him of ever hiding who he was.’ Photograph: Reuters/Alamy Sat 3 Apr 2021 04.00 EDT Last modified on Mon 5 Apr 2021 06.55 EDT In order to grow up, as Sigmund Freud probably wrote somewhere, a child must rebel against its parents, and for a while now modern culture has been rebelling against its literary fathers, that Mount Rushmore of 20th-century highbrow...