From Alaa Al Aswany to Ruth Hogan, Haruki Murakami and Rosalie Knecht: This week’s best new fiction 

From Alaa Al Aswany’s searing account to Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan, a semi-surreal collection by Haruki Murakami and Rosalie Knecht’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Max Davidson and Eithne Farry and Anthony Gardner and John Williams Published: 22:01 BST, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 10 April 2021 The Republic Of … Read more

From Claire Fuller to Jeet Thayil, Chris Power and Erin Kelly: This week’s best new fiction 

From Claire Fuller’s atmospheric novel to Names Of The Women by Jeet Thayil, a classy page-turner by Chris Power and Erin Kelly’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Max Davidson and Anthony Cummins and John Williams Published: 22:01 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 3 April 2021 Unsettled Ground … Read more

From Laura Kay to Alan Warner, Fiona Mozley and Peter Swanson: This week’s best new fiction 

From Laura Kay’s nicely written debut to Kitchenly 434 by Alan Warner, a tender narration by Fiona Mozley and Peter Swanson’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Neil Armstrong and Anthony Cummins and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 March 2021 The Split Laura … Read more

From Ericka Waller to Georgina Harding, Imbolo Mbue and Paul Vidich: This week’s best new fiction 

From Ericka Waller’s warm, affecting debut to Harvest by Georgina Harding, a passionate story by Imbolo Mbue and Paul Vidich’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Madeleine Feeny and Hephzibah Anderson and Max Davidson and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 20 March 2021 Dog Days Ericka Waller  … Read more

From Yaa Gyasi to Hope Adams, Edward St Aubyn and P. R. Black: This week’s best new fiction 

From Yaa Gyasi’s thoughtful novel to Dangerous Women by Hope Adams, a heavy-going tale by Edward St Aubyn and P. R. Black’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Anthony Gardner and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and Max Davidson and John Williams Published: 22:00 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 6 March … Read more

From Jane Smiley to Lisa Harding, Michael Farris Smith and Walter Mosley: This week’s best fiction 

From Jane Smiley’s fanciful fable to Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding, a period thriller by Michael Farris Smith and Walter Mosley’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Eithne Farry and Anthony Cummins and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 The Strays … Read more

Do homes sell better in Spring? We separate property fact from fiction

There’s no shortage of advice on how buyers, sellers, renters and landlords can get the best out of the housing market. Conversations about property at dinner parties (remember those?) and programmes like Homes Under The Hammer and Location, Location, Location have made us all experts, or so we think. But are some of our certainties … Read more

From Jess Walter to Ethan Hawke, Kate Russo and Elly Griffiths: This week’s best new fiction 

From Jess Walter’s rollicking historical novel to A Bright Ray Of Darkness by Ethan Hawke, a wise drama by Kate Russo and Elly Griffiths’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Max Davidson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and Madeleine Feeny and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, … Read more

From Kerry Andrew to Lucy Jago, Nick Kent and Mick Herron: This week’s best new fiction 

From Kerry Andrew’s emotive novel to A Net For Small Fishes by Lucy Jago, an entertaining read by Nick Kent and Mick Herron’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine and Rufus Flynn and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 … Read more

The Dig: Fact AND fiction in new Netflix film starring Lily James

It was a haul of treasure hailed upon its discovery as Britain’s ‘Tutankhamun’. The 86ft Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, was unearthed in 1939. More than 260 items were discovered, including weapons, armour, coins, jewellery, gold buckles, patterned plaques and silver cutlery. New Netflix film The Dig, starring Lily James, Ralph Fiennes and … Read more