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Murder, misinformation and frenzies: the dark side of TikTok
This BBC documentary explores the harmful side of the social media app.
- by Kylie Northover
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What to read next: A comedian’s first novel and memoir of East Germany
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
A murder most foul and the impact it has on everyone connected
Fiona McFarlane’s linked short stories focus on how a killer and his crimes affect various lives over time.
- by Jo Case
How Kari Gislason fell into the clutches of the Pirate - and survived
As an 18-year-old the writer had an adventure in Corfu that has coloured the rest of his life.
- by Susan Johnson
Three museums for book lovers to visit
Among the literary museums in the UK is one where the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lived in the books by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- by Jane Sullivan
Her father found Sam Neill. Has this debut director also cast a future star?
When India Donaldson asked her little sister if she knew any actors, she couldn’t have guessed that Lily Collias had the makings of a star.
- by Karl Quinn
Mega-spiders, crocs and a wild bull. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea
We were too old to trek into the Kimberley, but we did anyway. And I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
- by Anson Cameron
Musician, model, producer: what the world needs now is Eartheater
On her way to Australia, the genre-defying Alexandra Drewchin takes a moment out of her head-spinning schedule.
- by Sarah-Jane Collins
A black parable and fine nature writing: Eight books to read next
Our reviewers consider the merits of recently released fiction and non-fiction.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Emotional grenades in a novel about mothers, daughters and identity
Jessie Tu’s follow up to her award-winning first novel is driven by three emotionally charged characters.
- by Frances Atkinson
Social media has made us more psychopathic, says author Jon Ronson
The journalist, author and screenwriter says he “got drunk” on the power of his psychopath-spotting skills after writing his 2011 bestselling novel he Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry,
- by Lenny Ann Low