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<p>Matt Pink is one of several people finding joys in a sober life</p>

in focus

‘It’s like a second puberty’: Alcoholics on learning to live again

Sobriety isn’t just about what to order at the pub instead of a pint. In conversations with recovering alcoholics, including the author of the new book ‘No Lost Causes Club’, Megan Carnegie explores how life without alcohol can be about flourishing, not just getting by

<p>‘Prioritise sex over everything else’: The 27-year-old has been compared to Anthony Bourdain and Lena Dunham </p>

interview

Internet star Slutty Cheff: ‘Prioritise sex over everything else’

<p>Raynor Winn and Gillian Anderson promote the film adaptation of the now scandal-plagued ‘The Salt Path’ in April</p>

State of the Arts

We only have ourselves to blame for the Salt Path scandal

<p>Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs as the couple in the film adaptation of ‘The Salt Path’</p>

The Salt Path scandal has blown up and another memoir storm is brewing

<p>Noel Gallagher: ‘I wrote “Supersonic” in about however long it takes six other guys to eat a Chinese meal’</p>

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Oasis and the unlikely story of Supersonic: The making of a smash-hit

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Books of the Month

What to read this July, including a wonderful memoir told in verse

<p>Stephen T Lewis: ‘Richard got lost in the wars between those two alpha males’</p>

The forgotten genius of The Band’s Richard Manuel

<p>Dua Lipa has recently re-launched her literary interview podcast</p>

State of the Arts

Dua Lipa and the problem with the celebrity book club mafia

<p>Gráinne O’Hare’s debut is set in the nightclubs of Belfast</p>

interview

Sex, grief and debauchery: Gráinne O’Hare on her new novel Thirst Trap

<p>Munroe Bergdorf’s latest book, ‘Talk to Me’, is a guide on allyship</p>

Interview

Munroe Bergdorf: ‘Half of my face froze from Bell’s palsy’

<p>June reading list: From a debut packed with deft humour to an enlightening biography of one of the 20th century’s most intriguing writers, and a non-fiction exploration of the most stigmatised emotion</p>

Books of the Month

What to read this June from a witty revenge tale to a defence of rage

<p>Joanne Harris returns to her most famous character, Vianne, in a prequel book of the same name</p>

Interview

Chocolat’s Joanne Harris: ‘We don’t want machines to dream for us’

Reviews

<p>The Big Three: Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in 1945</p>

Tim Bouverie recalls The Big Three’s fall-out with wit and sensitivity

<p>‘Source Code’ is the first of a memoir trilogy, looking back on Bill Gates’s early years in Seattle to the 1975 foundation of Microsoft</p>

Amid cyborg tech tycoons, Bill Gates’s memoir offers a more human view

<p>Readers’ history: Orlando Reade’s new book explores the response to ‘Paradise Lost’ over the centuries </p>

The book unearthing the subversive history of Paradise Lost

<p>Compelling: Dalrymple highlights India’s ‘often forgotten position’ as a motor of global trade in ancient and early medieval times </p>

The history book that will transform your view of early civilisation

Lists

<p>What better way to become the best version of yourself other than with a trusty self-help book? (Alamy/PA)</p>

7 books that are cheaper than therapy

<p>Must-reads: the books you can’t miss in 2025 </p>

The books to read in 2025, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Adam Kay

<p>With the rise of Instagram and BookTok, the importance of aesthetics in literature is on the rise </p>

Don’t judge a book by its cover: 15 of the most iconic book covers

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