Reading a book cover to cover takes time and energy, so it’s important to choose one that’ll keep you engaged across every page. Half the battle is knowing your tastes. What works for your ...

Charge up your e-reader and renew your library card in time for February’s newest books — narratives about empresses, spies and struggling families that inform; moving tales of love and ...

Spend the shortest month of the year with a book that is worth your time. The best new books to read in February include best-seller Ali Hazelwood’s latest romance, transgender activist Jennifer ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A star rating of 5 out of 5. Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith have done it again! Inside No.9 Stage/Fright opened to audiences on the West End earlier this month – and it is a sure visit to ...

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s entertaining stage spin-off of their acclaimed TV series is short on shivers An award-winning hit with legions of devoted fans, Steve Pemberton and Reece ...

With its confined sets and small cast, the 55 varied stories under the Inside No9 umbrella have always had theatrical sensibilities. And in the move to the intimacy of the actual stage for their ...

It’s indicative of the devotion inspired by the cult BBC Two series Inside No. 9, which ran from 2014 until last year, that this stage spin-off had sold out its West End premiere run before the ...

If the world isn’t already scary enough, horror can provide a safe, controlled release of tension. It’s no wonder, then, that today horror is more popular than ever. 2025 has already seen the ...

This dark and often bloody comedy by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith inspired by their decade-long anthology TV series is a mix of the intelligent and the obvious – part smart reinvention ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith wrapped up their brilliant BBC TV show Inside No 9 last year ...