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Book Review: The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers

The magic of Christmas is all around us but if you’re looking for enchantment of…

6 Festive Reads For The Holiday Season

The festive break is fast approaching and one of the best things about the holidays…

Animalia Review

Itto (Oumaïma Barid), a pregnant young Moroccan woman from a poor background, lives with her…

Chloe Ford’s favourite wintery romantic comedy movies

One of my favourite things to do over the festive period is to plonk myself…

Predators Review

It was a show that gripped America. Actors posing as children would lure predatory men…

Book Review: The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer

There’s nothing I love more than a good retelling. Whether it reimagines a historical event,…

Read an extract from As Many Souls As Stars by Natasha Siegel

1592. Cybil Harding, daughter of a secret alchemist, was born under cursed stars. Destined to…

Julie Caplin on her love of travel and how it inspires her books

As a child I was quiet and timid, perhaps cowed by a miserable parental divorce,…

Book Review: Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Every year, the five families who live on Bird Street enjoy a charmed existence, becoming…

London Film Festival 2025: The best of the rest of the fest

Here’s our roundup of the best movies from this year’s London Film Festival that we didn’t have time to cover in full.

Têtes Brûlées – BFI London Film Festival Review

12 year-old Eya’s (Safa Gharboui) favourite person in the whole world is her older brother…

Souleymane’s Story Review

Souleymane (Abou Sangaré) has migrated from Guinea to Paris, desperate to make enough money to…