Literary
Harry Josephine Giles on the Hidden Orcadian Language
Picador acquires Orlam, a narrative poem by PJ Harvey
Safiya Sinclair on her poetry and the language of colonialism
‘We created something unique which offered light among the shade’: Graeme Armstrong on Glasgow’s PCDJ music revolution
Ken Follett on the characters of The Evening and The Morning
Cathy Rentzenbrink’s book recommendations
Jessie Burton’s sequel to The Miniaturist to be published by Picador in 2022
Can literature help us recognize microaggressions?
9 of the best poetry podcasts
The witch trials and the criminalization of female power
Twelve beautiful summer poems
The real women of the Vardø witch trials