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Book your holiday: Mexico City

Books inspired by the oldest capital city in North or South America
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Book your holiday: Tokyo

The Japanese capital is, more than most, is a city of villages

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Reading Remedy: letting go of a friendship

Perspectives on one of the life's toughest lessons
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Books to make you feel like you're on holiday

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Ghost stories, opium and relentless rain

The story of literature's worst - and most pivotal - holiday

Books to help you learn more about race and antiracism

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An interview with Robin DiAngelo about White Fragility

"'You’ve observed racist ideology. So you can stop defending, deflecting, denying that and get to work"
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The myth of Britain's 'clean break' with slavery

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An extract from James Baldwin's 'Many Thousands Gone'

From his essay collection Notes of a Native Son

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How to make peace with your phone

Can a book and your mobile ever work together?
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The childhood books that turned us into readers

What's your earliest reading memory?
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