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<p>Irvine Welsh: ‘Things will continue to decline under Kamala Harris, but Trump could actually be the end of democracy in America’ </p>

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Irvine Welsh: ‘I dislike both US presidential candidates intensely’

The Scottish author behind ‘Trainspotting’ and ‘Filth’ has lost none of his bite in new novel ‘Resolution’. He speaks to Chris Harvey about its dark themes, the Oasis reunion, his view on presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and his controversial support for JK Rowling

<p>‘It sounds haughty, but actually, I make art, so I am an artist’: Joe Lycett on his famous pranks and going viral with his artwork of celebrities </p>

Interview

Joe Lycett: ‘I don’t think Labour politicians will like being mocked’

<p>Robert Harris is the classy English novelist who, in both quality and quantity, reaches the parts most others cannot reach</p>

Interview

Robert Harris on British political history’s scandalous secret affair

<p>Jacqueline Wilson on swearing and sex scenes in her adult novel: ‘I wanted to show: no, it’s not suitable for children’</p>

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Jacqueline Wilson: ‘Do I worry about becoming irrelevant? Yes!’

<p>Another comedian writing a children’s book? Alexander Armstrong insists that comedians are already writers </p>

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Alexander Armstrong: ‘I laughed at cruel moments in Roald Dahl books’

writers on reading

William Boyd on reading: William Boyd on the books that matter to him

<p>Soulful: the new novel from Rooney deals with grief and age-gap relationships </p>

Sally Rooney ditches style that made her ‘voice of a generation’

<p>For the first time Wendy Cope’s poetry is being published in a collected edition</p>

Writers on reading: Poet Wendy Cope on the books that matter to her

<p>‘My twenties were just overwhelmed by worry and uncertainty’ </p>

Interview

David Nicholls: ‘It struck me there’s no male word for broodiness’

<p>Fanfare: a new Rooney novel is now a major literary event </p>

In focus

Sally Rooney is her own harshest critic – that could be a good thing

<p>Craig Brown shines new light on that most documented of public figures, Queen Elizabeth II </p>

Dream diaries and corgi family trees: a fun, quirky look at the Queen

<p>The Iranian embassy siege has become part of our national myth</p>

MCCRUM ON BOOKS

The Siege is a thrilling tale of an SAS assault over in minutes

Reviews

<p>‘Precipice’, the 16th novel from Robert Harris, shows a writer at the top of his game </p>

Why hasn’t Robert Harris won more major literary prizes?

<p>Tom Bower’s new book fails to shed much new light on the power couple </p>

Tom Bower’s Posh and Becks exposé won’t spice up your life

<p>Alba Arikha’s 2017 memoir, ‘Major/Minor’, was widely acclaimed</p>

Two Hours by Alba Arikha is a lesson in forging a life without regret

<p>Salman Rushdie pictured in 2023</p>

Salman Rushdie’s Knife is moving, sardonic and not for the squeamish

Lists

<p>Thriller: Meghann Fahy is part of ‘The Perfect Couple’s starry cast </p>

Love The Perfect Couple? These are the books and TV shows to try next

<p>With the rise of Instagram and BookTok, the importance of aesthetics in literature is on the rise </p>

Don’t judge a book by its cover: 15 of the most iconic book covers

<p>Fiction highlights for the year ahead including Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘lost’ novel and new titles from Stephen King and Emily Henry </p>

The best fiction to read in 2024

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