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Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah review – hallelujah! A fresh take on the composer’s much-loved work

By revealing the murky circumstances in which it was created, Charles King’s fascinating history of the oratorio shows it in a new light

The Guardian - UK

The Best of All Possible Worlds by Michael Kempe review – portrait of an optimistic thinker

A newly translated biography rescues Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz – the 17th-century German philosopher – from Voltaire’s parody of him as a sunny but deluded soul

The Guardian - UK

The Witcher 4 dev wastes no time jumping into the new book after its Polish release

"Today is the day of celebration for everyone who loves The Witcher."

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Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo review – a playful tale of interspecies affection

The Finnish novelist’s reissued debut, about a man who rescues and cares for a troll, still feels fresh and bright 20 years on

The Guardian - UK

The Three Musketeers review – a swashbuckler without a dramatic cutting edge

Theresa Heskins’s Dumas adaptation provides fantastic action yet reduces the scheming servant Milady to a plot device

The Guardian - UK

The House of Gazes by Daniele Mencarelli review – a slow-burn tale of lives on the margins

A poet’s job in a children’s hospital relieves his depression in the Italian’s rewarding debut novel

The Guardian - UK

‘She is an eyewitness’- how Merkel’s ‘office manager’ played key role in memoir

Little-known Beate Baumann’s partnership with the former German chancellor goes back to 1992

The Guardian - UK

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Secret venue chosen for Sadiq Khan's next public Q&A session

Concerns over the event being “disrupted” mean that the location will be revealed to ticket holders only a few days in advance

Evening Standard

Freedom by Angela Merkel review – her lips are sealed

The ex-German chancellor’s memoir details the myriad issues she faced, from the 2008 financial crash to Covid-19, but studiously avoids much in the way of insights and analysis

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: a lost office world of endless paper and big cigars

Lars Tunbjörk’s late-90s picture of a Manhattan legal firm recalls a time before modular sofas and mobile phones

The Guardian - UK

Books of the month: what to read this December

BOOKS: Martin Chilton shares his December reading highlights

The Independent UK

Scotland becomes independent after a military coup in this novel by a former No voter

WHEN will Scotland become independent? May 31st, according to David Lee Knight’s recently published novel Scotland – Independence Day ...

The National (Scotland)

How I brought a Jewish wartime refugee’s lost fairytale back to life

Ulrich Boschwitz, who wrote the recently rediscovered thriller The Passenger, left another gift behind him when his life was tragically cut short. I had the honour of reinterpreting it for today’s children

The Guardian - UK

GoldenEye, Jamaica: the low-key hideaway steeped in A-list history

This long-running resort has links to everyone from Naomi Campbell to Ian Fleming — and it should be on the bucket list of every self-respecting traveller, says Ben Cobb

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It’s heartbreaking so few children read for pleasure – and sad to know the reasons why

When people face financial pressure and child poverty is so high, it’s hard to prioritise family reading, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

‘Relax your rules, let them pick what they want’: 10 page-turners to get kids reading

A report this month revealed fewer children than ever read for pleasure. From spooky tales to choose-your-own-adventure fantasy epics, here are 10 irresistible titles

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Maggie O’Farrell: ‘Children don’t just need butterflies and rainbows’

The Hamnet author talks about bringing her bestselling Shakespeare novel to the screen, working with Paul Mescal, and how her speech disorder inspired her latest children’s book

The Guardian - UK

Jon Ransom wins second Polari prize in two years with The Gallopers

The author has been named winner of the LGBTQ book prize for his second novel, having won the Polari first book award in 2023. This year’s debut award goes to Nicola Dinan, with Sarah Hagger-Holt taking the children’s prize

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Don Chapman obituary

Other lives: Theatre-loving feature writer who worked for the Oxford Mail for three decades

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‘Significant’ drop in racially minoritised characters in children’s books, report says

Share of children’s books featuring characters who fall into this category fell from 30% in 2022 to 17% in 2023, CLPE survey finds

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in November

Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

Evening Standard

‘Luminous’ memoir on art and life named book of the year at national awards

Author Laura Cummings received the top gong during a ceremony in Edinburgh’s Central Hall.

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: The era of the big night out is over. Finally a world remade to suit me

Young people are admitting that going out is awful. Plus, is it the end for Gwyneth Paltrow’s vaginal maintenance empire Goop?

The Guardian - UK

The best translated fiction – review roundup

Fathers and Fugitives by SJ Naudé; Untold Lessons by Maddalena Vaglio Tanet; A Man with No Title by Xavier Le Clerc; Command Performance by Jean Echenoz

The Guardian - UK

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh by Ingrid Persaud audiobook review – portrait of a dangerous charmer

The charisma and brutality of the real-life Trinidadian gangster is seen through the eyes of four women who knew him

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