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Audio version of a new short story by Lisa Jones

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World book trip:

Which novel would you recommend to someone who had never read a word written in your country? The first stop on our tour is Scotland, where Alan Warner highlights James Kelman’s astonishing Kieron Smith, boy

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Bring in the fire:

By Angela Yausheva

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A poem by Stuart A. Paterson

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Romance media is awash with cringe-making cultural stereotypes, writes Bomi Park

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