The Guardian view on Barack Obama’s new podcast: all the president’s books | Editorial
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From Oprah Winfrey to Dua Lipa, there is no shortage of celebrity literary champions. But the former US leader is in a class of his ownAt the Labour party conference Andy Burnham revealed that Hamlet, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Tony Harrison’s…
The Guardian view on the 2026 Booker shortlist: what it takes to be a man | Editorial
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All the contenders for this year’s prize are a reflection of the crisis in masculinityJarvis Cocker, one of the judges for this year’s Booker prize, has expressed surprise that the shortlist, announced this week, contains four male authors and only…