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The books that critics loved this year

The books that critics loved this year

🇭🇺 Flesh | 🦢 Fly, Wild Swans | 😱 1929

Dec 21, 2025

Surviving Christmas, with Jilly Cooper

Surviving Christmas, with Jilly Cooper

🏡 Gen X decor | 😇 Susan Boyle | 📚 Christmas crime

Dec 20, 2025

The “mind-blowing” changes upending Iran

The “mind-blowing” changes upending Iran

💔 Break-up lines | 💰 1929 mania | 🐦 75-year-old albatross

Dec 19, 2025

Trump is “barbarising” American manners

Trump is “barbarising” American manners

🐊 Reptile sexpocalypse | 💐 Via Dinarica | 🤧 Top treatments

Dec 18, 2025

Sorry lawyers – you’re toast

Sorry lawyers – you’re toast

🎬 When Harry Met Sally | 👶 Billionaire surrogacy | 🦁 Comeback creature

Dec 17, 2025

Bondi Beach was an atrocity waiting to happen

Bondi Beach was an atrocity waiting to happen

🗳️ Santa’s vote | Orcas 🤝 Dolphins | 🚽 Little joys

Dec 16, 2025

At last, the young are ditching their screens

At last, the young are ditching their screens

🍸 McConaughey’s cocktail | 🤓 Assad’s passion | 🐶 Mutt match

Dec 15, 2025

Streeting is right about doctors

Streeting is right about doctors

🐏 Mammal monogamy | 🪂 Skydiving snafu | ⛪️ Heritage England

Dec 12, 2025

Whatever happened to those jolly fat men in red trousers?

Whatever happened to those jolly fat men in red trousers?

🍰 Xi’s bodyguards | 😘 Bye-bye bi | 🛒 52 Things I Learnt

Dec 11, 2025

Piers Morgan and the perils of debating racists

Piers Morgan and the perils of debating racists

🕵️‍♀️ GCHQ puzzles | 🍄 Lion’s mane | 💊 Penicillin myth

Dec 10, 2025

Give me Ange over Wes any day

Give me Ange over Wes any day

☁️ Colour of the year | 💎 Colon contraband | 🥂 Party tips

Dec 9, 2025

Calling Farage a racist won’t wash

Calling Farage a racist won’t wash

🍷 Belgravia “superclub” | 🧱 Frank Gehry | 🍄 Pink oyster mushrooms

Dec 8, 2025

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