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Is pretension still a bad thing, in an age where education is the most valuable thing you can offer?

On a rainy Tuesday evening, Jeanette Winterson explores the power of storytelling as a way to stop time and control fate

Literary translation is not so black-and-white, and understanding this grants us a wealth of new meaning

At Manchester Literature Festival, I listened to Kate Mosse talk everything from writing fiction, to social media, to the pressures of querying your debut novel

Looking at Pre-Raphaelite paintings, it can be difficult to see beyond the beautiful surface to grisly sublayers, and colours that reveal colonialist undertones

With the resurgence of fictional reading in lockdown, it seems that non-fiction is continually blurring into the background

Talking to Hannah Priest about everything from her education, her influences, and her newest book, Unburied

Listening to André Aciman talk on a rainy night in Waterstones was enlightening and heartwarming

Summer is for reading, and we did a lot of it! With the arrival of autumn, we looked back on the past few months and asked our team of editors what books they basked in along with the sunshine

Following the popularity of Saltburn we delve into Emerald Fennell’s stylistic choices through ideas of class and exploration of literature. Saltburn takes what is familiar and turns it into a hedonistic power play

Manchester Art Fair returned to Manchester Central last weekend, showcasing some of the best art the North has to offer