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Hisham Matar: ‘I learned English by listening to Jane Austen audiobooks’

The British-Libyan author on Hemingway’s craft, finding comfort in Joseph Conrad, and spending six months drowning in Austen

My earliest reading memory
From as far back as I can remember, before I coul…

Conor Gallagher is at the centre of Atlético Madrid’s charge up La Liga

The English midfielder has given Diego Simeone’s team balance – and helped them win 14 games in a row

By Robbie Dunne for Opta Analyst

Andrea Berta left Atlético Madrid earlier this month after a decad…

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Boat built 120 years ago in English brewery vies for win in Sydney to Hobart race

Katwinchar, the oldest boat in the race’s history, is making her third attempt since being found in a dilapidated state on Gumtree and undergoing restoration

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What in Me Is Dark by Orlando Reade review – the afterlife of Paradise Lost

The writers, philosophers and politicians who have raided Milton’s epic poem for inspiration

In 1818 Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, the story of a man who trespasses on God’s turf by crafting a …

The big idea: why we should revive the spirit of Christmas movies past

From Double Indemnity to Women in Love, the accidental viewing of masterpieces was one of the joys of the season

Last month, I found myself with a few hours to spare on a rainy Saturday night in Antwe…

Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury II was close, uncontroversial and freighted with meaning

Oleksandr Usyk’s triumph over Tyson Fury in Riyadh was barely noticed beyond Ukraine and Britain. That’s a shame because it was an important fight and a good one

Once upon a time, the world stopped to…

The reason why Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi snubbed Australia for England... as their multi-million-pound Cotswolds home is hit by flooding just weeks after moving in

Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi recently decided to move from California to the English countryside instead of Australia.

Syria has been liberated from Russia and Iran – but outsiders still threaten its new freedom | Robin Yassin-Kassab

After the fall of the Assad regime, the country now faces challenges from Turkey, Israel and the enmity of the west

  • Robin Yassin-Kassab is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War a…

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