How Mark Antony actually saved Rome… (he married Cleopatra for her money)

The key to Trump's election win? 57,000 exclamation marks

The Mad Men of Science: One kept a cow in his flat, another climbed trees to avoid colleagues, a third's party trick was swallowing knives... but these are the men who understand the universe best

David Eggers returns with a novel two decades in the making: CONTRAPPOSTO by Dave Eggers, LONG WAVE by Daisy Johnson, THE FIRST HOUSE by Avni Doshi

Refresh yourself with the Golden Age of Crime fiction this month: Death of an Editor by Vernon Loder, Raffles, Gentleman Thief by E. W. Hornung, Anything for a Quiet Life by Michael Gilbert

The best books to keep kids of all ages entertained this summer holiday: LEAVING THE HOUSE by Sally Nicholls Illustrated by Ellie Snowdon, A DAY OFF SCHOOL by Oliver Jeffers Illustrated by Kevin Waldron, HOW TO STEAL THE FUTURE by Christopher Edge

Beautifully written and thought-provoking Contemporary novels to read now: Kitten by Stacey Yu, The Project by Annie Lord, Born Of Guilt by Joanna Elmy

Magic, Murder and Mystery: The Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading 2026, including Ben Miller, Dan Jones, Adam Kay, Sir Ian Rankin and Fern Britton reveal the books that inspired them

A curmudgeon in a cassock: the weird, wonderful and hilarious world of David Sedaris

Will AI turn us all into paperclips?

What it's really like for people who's lives are torn apart by their loved ones going missing

The real reason why it's almost impossible to get away with murder from one of the worlds leading forensic scientists

Queenie returns in this month's popular fiction: THE FRENCH SPYMISTRESS by Rachel Hore, LET'S NOT GO OVERBOARD HERE by Erica Hendry, QUEENIE IS WORKING ON IT by Candice Carty-Williams

Melancholy and magic in this month's historical fiction: Roman Mornings by Matson Taylor, Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower

Horror in the highlands in this month's crime fiction: From The Shadows by G. R. Halliday, The Tailor by Tim Sullivan, Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher