Editors' picks
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Philip Larkin's women
When it comes to women, I give you up, Kingsley Amis wrote to Philip Larkin. Although the poet – bald, peevish and apathetic – had several romantic relationships, most enduringly with the indomitable academic Monica Jones, his private life was ultimately a failure, reflects Martin Amis -
A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley
Andy Beckett applauds an angry, crusading book about urban landscapes -
The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolaño
Philip Hensher spots signs of Roberto Bolaño's greatness in his first novel
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Alasdair Gray: Words and pictures
Gallery: Alasdair Gray is best-known as one of Scotland's foremost novelists, but he is also an artist of portraits and odd, brilliant murals. Look at a selection here -
The formula for good science writing
Podcast: Tracy Chevalier, a judge of the Royal Society science book of the year, joins us to discuss the genre's secrets, and Martin Wainwright visits DH Lawrence country -
The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover
Few court cases have had such a profound social impact as the Chatterley trial. Geoffrey Robertson QC looks at how it changed Britain's cultural landscape -
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