Books & Poetry

Cliveden Literary Festival returns

Cliveden Literary Festival returns

Cliveden Literary Festival, which takes its name from the gorgeous National Trust property it's held at, kicks off this weekend with a wonderful two-day programme that celebrates literature, history and politics. The guest list boasts high-profile writers, historians, politicians and…

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Jews Don’t Count ★★★★

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Jews Don’t Count ★★★★

Since my schooldays, I’ve had a thing for TS Eliot – despite overtly antisemitic lines in his poetry. “Rachel née Rabinovitch tears at the grapes with murderous paws” (Sweeney Among the Nightingales, 1920) gave me pause for thought all right. Our English teacher called him out…

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Never a Native ★★★★★

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Never a Native ★★★★★

Never a Native is for every woman who has ever yearned, aspired or been driven to activism against unethical attitudes and behaviours to women. It is also for every woman who, like the author Alice Shalvi, has the courage to face her failures, doubts and guilt resulting from her…