Ralf

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Ralf the Giant Schnauzer was once a small puppy with a big barking problem. He was facing an uncertain future until Caroline Lovick and her loving family came along. They rescued Ralf from Tasmania an …

Thrown Under the Omnibus

‘Whether you agree with him or not, P.J. writes a helluva piece.’ Richard Nixon P.J. O’Rourke has had a prolific career as one of America’s most celebrated humourists. But that career almost didn’t ha …

Thrown Under the Omnibus

‘Whether you agree with him or not, P.J. writes a helluva piece.’ Richard Nixon P.J. O’Rourke has had a prolific career as one of America’s most celebrated humourists. But that career almost didn’t ha …

The Round Robin Letters

Every Christmas, unwanted round robin letters, stuffed with news of young Chloe’s nauseating excellence at – well – everything, the announcement of Janet’s cousin’s husband’s friend’s divorce, or the …

Brave Enough

Bold, brave and beautiful, Brave Enough is a gem-like collection of thoughts and aphorisms from Cheryl Strayed, the inspirational author of the bestselling Wild. ‘Everyone should have at least two cop …

Carol Carnage

A stocking-fodder sensation of classic Christmas carols told through the brilliantly British medium of pun, by the internationally renowned Guardian cartoonist, Martin Rowson.Carol Carnage takes the f …

Even More Things That Nobody Knows

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There are many, many more things that nobody knows…!Why do we have five fingers? Do animals have a sense of humour? Did the universe have a beginning? What causes déjà vu? Why do cats purr? How fast …

The British Constitution

Exactly eight hundred years ago, Magna Carta established the right not to be thrown in the Tower of London for being slightly irritating, which is the closest we’ve ever got to a written constitution. …

Freeman's Arrival

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We live today in constant motion, travelling distances rapidly, small ones daily, arriving in new states. In this inaugural edition of Freeman’s, a new biannual of unpublished writing, former Granta e …

Reel History

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‘Reel History is a hoot! Alex von Tunzelmann writes with a blend of playful wit and delicious snark’ Greg JennerFrom ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how w …

Anything Goes

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Bracketed by the catastrophes of the Great War and the Wall Street Crash, 1920s America was a place of drama, tension and hedonism. It glittered and seduced: jazz, flappers, wild all-night parties, th …

The Bradman Museum's World of Cricket

During the 2014-15 season Australia stages the eleventh ICC World Cup of Cricket, with fourteen nations competing in 49 fifty-over matches. At the same time the Bradman Museum, a monument to the great …

The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story

Molly: ‘Who the f**k is Madonna?’Madonna: ‘What the f**k is a Molly?’More than thirty-five years in the making, this is the story of Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum and the television show that stopped the nation …

Dog Eat Dog

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Bon turned up with two bottles of bourbon, some dope and some speed. When Angus saw this stash, he said to Malcolm, ‘If this guy can walk, let alone sing, it’s going to be something.’Michael Browning …

Altruism

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The concern for the well-being of others could be the saving grace of the 21st century. Matthieu Ricard’s Altruism, an erudite, brilliantly ranging synthesis of philosophy, psychology and ages old wis …

I, Migrant

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Despite being nearly killed by a kangaroo and almost lynched and run out of town after his comedy was taken far too seriously, Sami Shah is very happy to be living in Australia. He had fronted his own …