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Fashion books to ensure your coffee table is as well dressed as you
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge discusses her new book Fleabag: The Scriptures, on stage at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall
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TV
The millennial romance Normal People, Sally Rooney's second novel, is being adapted for a BBC Three series directed by Lenny Abrahamson
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Talks
Book now to see Three Women author Lisa Taddeo discuss love, sex and desire
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Netflix
From Martin Scorsese returning to his gangster roots in The Irishman to Steven Soderburgh tackling the Panama Papers in The Laundromat, Netflix have loads of exciting adaptations on the way
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Kids
A book is an adventure, a treasure, a whole new world to discover. These children's books are beautifully bound, illustrated and designed to enjoy for years to come.
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Lifestyle
Not only are these libraries open to the public, they’re feats of architecture housing swoon-worthy interiors. Better still, many of the most beautiful libraries are in Europe
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Lifestyle
Whether you're attending Paris Fashion Week or enjoying it via Instagram, these fabulous fashion books will bring catwalk magic to your coffee table
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Cinema
The loosely autobiographical novel by Caitlin Moran has found its way to the big screen, telling the story of a headstrong teen girl looking for a bigger future
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Design
On the lookout for the best design books of all time? These covetable hardbacks need to adorn the coffee tables of every design lover.
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Cinema
From a Pulitzer Prize winner to yet another Little Women remake, books being made to movies are coming thick and fast in 2019
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Lifestyle
Still deciding on holiday plans this summer? These beguiling coffee table books are packed with jaw photography which capture some of the most beautiful locations around the world
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Visual Arts
From Jackson Pollock’s famous apple pie to Gala Dalí’s steamed lobsters, these art-inspired cookbooks are great gifts for gourmands and gallery-goers alike
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Books
Listen up: consume great literature on the go with our guide to getting into audiobooks. From how to download them for free, to the best titles and most inspiring narrators
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Books
A mysterious billboard signals Hilary Mantel's long-awaited end to the Tudor trilogy. The Mirror and the Light publication date has been confirmed.
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Books
From the finale that’s been 10 years in the making to the bright young writers causing a buzz, these are the nine books we are most excited about in 2019
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Kids
From memoirs of motherhood to our favourite fiction about parenting, these are the books all mums need to read
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Books
If reading has become a chore or a distant memory, get back into the groove with the most irresistible and compelling new books
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Kids
The Langham's children's afternoon tea with Daunt Books is a pleasure for kids and adults alike.
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Kids
Back for its fifth year, the Barnes Children's Literature Festival features brilliant authors (hello, Lauren Child and Francesca Simon!), new performances and even baby-friendly and SEND-focused events
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Kids
World Book Day has become one of the highlights of the school calendar. Here's how to enjoy World Book Day with costumes, ideas and – of course – books
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Talks
Daunt Books' 2019 Spring Festival is full of fascinating talks, with guests including Xinran, Charlotte Bingham and Fatima Bhutto
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Visual Arts
The British Library's new exhibitions reveals how friends were collected and displayed before an age of ‘likes’
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Books
The best new books to add to your basket now
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Best of
Discover the best spots to eat, drink, read and explore in London for book-lovers
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Books
Leïla Slimani, Marlon James and Max Porter lead the star writers appearing in the Southbank Centre Literature Festival 2019
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Lifestyle
Jog On author Bella Mackie speaks to Culture Whisper about running, mental health and being offered a book deal out of the blue
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Best of
Keep your mind healthy and everything else will follow. These four new books about mental health will help you find happiness and hope – without the January clichés
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Books
The Culture Whisper team put our heads together to compile a list of the best books of 2018
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Best of
Look out for these debut novelists and rising stars of the literary world in the coming months
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Talks
There's another chance to see Michelle Obama talk in London. The former First Lady comes to the O2 Arena to discuss her memoir: Becoming
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Books
Think a book is a dull gift? You just haven't found the right title yet. Here are this year's most giftable tomes, and the people who'll really appreciate them