The Friendly Ones by Philip Hensher review – love, loss and banter in multicultural Britain
A story about two families in Sheffield – one white English; the other from Bangladesh – meanders through the decades
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Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect
More than a million were killed and many millions more displaced by Indian partition. Authors consider its bloody legacy and the crises now facing their countries
Read moreThe Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters by Nadiya Hussain review – what the Bake Off winner did next
This warm-hearted family saga from the Great British Bake Off star will surely sell like hot cakes – but I wish celebrities wouldn’t dominate the bookshelves
Read moreFour Futures: Life After Capitalism review – will robots bring utopia or terror?
Peter Frase’s roaming, thoughtful work of ‘social science fiction’ sketches out a frightening future of rich v poor
Read moreBob Dylan is not the first songwriter to win the Nobel prize for literature
The 1913 Nobel prize for literature was awarded to the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. His work, like Dylan’s, recreates tradition and crosses genres
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