I cherish this august institution. Moving with the times doesn’t mean sidelining fellows – or devaluing the society’s principles, says Bernardine Evaristo

Outcry after presenter writes he is ‘dreaming of the day when she is made to parade naked through the streets’

“In 2020, I wrote a piece for this magazine where I noted the paucity of novels by Black British writers, but I think things have changed since then.”

This awe-inspiring drama’s ending was full of redemption, justice and bitter laughs. Together, Sarah Lancashire and Sally Wainwright are invincible

Police find a body as they look for Gboyega Odubanjo, who went missing at Shambala Festival.

From that pulsating, propulsive closing sequence to Rob’s mysterious new suitcase, it was yet another stress-packed hour of sublime drama

Forthcoming new drama based on Bernardine Evaristo’s hit novel will air on iPlayer and BBC One

As the Taliban shut universities and other education centres, Afghan women see their future crumble.

Submissions are now open for the 2023-2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry. This prize awards a cash prize of USD $1,500 to 10 poems written by an African poet, and we highly recommend budding...

Drama set in West Yorkshire following police sergeant Catherine Cawood.

Tom Parker Bowles among 21 writers providing snapshot of contemporary literature in initiative supported by the queen

Year after year, the conversation surrounding mainstream awards shows like the Oscars is the same: Where’s the diversity? Even as major awards shows try to make changes, questions about these shows’...

When she thought she was dying, Emin vowed to create a lasting legacy. Now she has opened the doors of a new art school and studio complex in Margate, and found fulfilment in helping younger artists

Five years on from her acclaimed novel Ordinary People, the writer returns to explore the lives of black British Londoners. She talks about Grenfell, belonging – and how she writes to bear witness

Bernardine Evaristo joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss her novel Mr Loverman

The editor, writer and literary critic who was the UK’s first Black female publisher will replace Philippe Sands

In this lecture, Booker Prize Winner and Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University Bernardine Evaristo explores some of the most exciting visual artists working in the world today, and how...

Introducing this year’s best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

The tech company is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded employees sign a pledge to work ‘long hours at high intensity’

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Bernardine Evaristo nous parle de « Manifesto ». Ne jamais abandonner : telle est la devise que n’a cessé de suivre Bernardine Evaristo tout au long de son e...

There has been significant media interest in the Royal Society of Literature (RSL) in the last few weeks, following the RSL’s decision in December 2023 to postpone the publication of its annual...

The first Black woman to win the prestigious Booker prize, Bernardine Evaristo speaks to Eve Jackson about championing Black talent, why Black women in their 50s and 60s - artists, novelists, actors,…

London, 1826: When prominent society couple Mr. and Mrs Benham are found stabbed to death, all eyes turn to their maid, Frannie.

The warning from a US regulator came as Mr Musk reportedly warned bankruptcy is not out of the question for Twitter.

Shattered, out in 2024, will expand on the material the Buddha of Suburbia author has been sharing on social media from his hospital bed since a fall in Rome last year

Can you match the seven famous writers to the photographs of where they work?