Tell us: have you been affected by the strikes at Edinburgh, Dundee or Nottingham universities?
We would like to hear from students and staff about the impact of the strikesStudents at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching due to staff strikes as the higher education sector struggles with rising financial…
Winning the Nobel prize in literature only underlines Anne Carson’s infinite genius | Yiyun Li
When her sons died the Book of Goose author turned to Grief Lessons, Carson’s translation of four plays by Euripides. She reflects on the ‘life sustaining’ work of an extraordinary writer • Where to start with: Anne Carson• ‘Delights await!’: Margaret…
Send us your questions for economist Isabella Weber on inflation and affordability
First Edition newsletter will be hosting a reader Q&A with economist Isabella Weber, a leading voice on inflation, affordability and cost of living and now’s your chance to put your questions to her Isabella Weber is one of the most sought-after and…
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle; As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers; The Eye of Goliath by Diego Muzzio; Our Cut of Salt by Deena HelmThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Penguin, £9.99)This short novel won almost every genre…
Add to playlist: the fizzing fuzz-pop racket of Pushbike and the week’s best new tracks
Drawing from post-hardcore, twee and emo, the Exeter trio’s intoxicating energy feels like an invitation to form your own bandFrom Exeter, UKRecommended if you like Boyracer, the Promise Ring, Rites of SpringUp next Little Bastard EP out nowIt’s tempting…
Heathrow’s third runway is a bottomless money pit. Stop it now | Simon Jenkins
It won’t promote growth, will take decades and will swallow up billions of taxpayers’ money. The only winner will be the airport’s ownersInfrastructure sends politicians berserk. Propose more money for the health service or reopening youth clubs and…
The best sunrise alarm clocks in the UK, tried and tested for gentler mornings
Our reviewer sheds some light on the best dawn simulation alarms, from Lumie and Philips to Dreamegg• The best eye masks to help you sleep betterTo wake each day in darkness is a plight you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy, yet that’s what many of us do…
End Of Abyss review – a creepy dollhouse take on Resident Evil and The Thing
PlayStation 5 (version played), Xbox, PC; Epic Games PublishingThis fetchingly presented horror game brings style and scares, but overextends itself with repetitionA small band of soldiers enters an abandoned facility, where puckered flesh sprouts from…
AK Blakemore: ‘The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt was extremely silly and bad’
The poet and author on F Scott Fitzgerald’s perfect novel, losing faith in Ernest Hemingway – and the recent debut that blew her awayMy earliest reading memory Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – where an assortment of…
Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves: Dedicated to You review – eloquent Coltrane tribute
(Blue Note)This elegant contemporary reinvention of 1963 album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman pairs Marsalis’s post-bop sax with Reeves’ agile vocals, to time-stopping effectIn the early 1960s, the Impulse! label tried to steer its star saxophonist…