Welcome to the Scout Book Club: a brief and regular rundown of what we’re reading, what’s staring at us from the bookshelf ...

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By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Knopf; 416 pages; $32. Fourth Estate; £20. C an you be a good polemicist and a good novelist? To ...

Completing the top 10 most valuable first-edition children’s books are The Velveteen Rabbit at £16,953, Swallows and Amazons ...

The elusive bittern, known for its expert camouflage and deep, booming call, was spotted gliding gracefully over a nature reserve.

Our writers and readers share the tales that haunted their dreams when they were growing up – but didn’t do them any harm (or ...

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That’s exactly what happened when I discovered Second Time Books in Mt Laurel, New Jersey! In an age where bookstores are ...