Jessica Carmichael’s coming-of-age YA novel is set during the huge annual diasporic return to west Africa, which ‘changed the trajectory’ of her life ...

Park Chan-wook, the director of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden,” brings comedic flair to the cruel tale of an employee pushed ...

From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, this year’s top reads ...

Facing an unraveling marriage, a middle-aged lawyer sets off on a road trip in the hopes of rekindling his life’s meaning.

The award-winning author of ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ returns with a new novel, ‘The Emperor of Gladness’ ...

Some of the best thrillers are ingrained in technology and science fiction, and as far as we're concerned, these techno ...

Few Christmas movies inspire as many hot takes each year as It’s a Wonderful Life. The 1946 Frank Capra classic is a cinematic “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” for people who want to impose their novel ...

A year dominated by franchises and scale still produced films of patience, rigor and moral weight. These are the movies that ...

The critics’ top eight choices based on Christmas selections in national newspapers. Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang “Wild ...

The gold standard video game dating sim, Baldur’s Gate 3 contains some of the greatest video game love stories of all time.

The death of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in May 2025 closes a defining chapter in African literature. We revisit his role in the African literary revolution, decolonisation of language, exile, and global legacy ...

To wrap up our Arts Special, our columnist starts an occasional series looking at rail’s relationship with literature ...