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Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

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Our verdict on ‘The Dispossessed’: A tricky but rewarding novel

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club has just finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed. Most of our members enjoyed it, even if the sheer volume of ideas in the book made it a challenging read

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Ursula K. Le Guin in her home in Portland, Oregon, in 2001

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The best new science fiction books of October 2025

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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Environment

Simple menu tweak can nudge people into choosing climate-friendly food

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New Zealand, South Island, Wanaka, Otago, Woman on Coromandel peak at sunrise

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Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

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The science revealing how the right diet can add a decade to your life

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The science revealing how the right diet can add a decade to your life

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Physics

Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

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A child in Peru takes candy from a shelf

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Child obesity is now more common than undernutrition – what do we do?

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FX's Alien: Earth --

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Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

After 50 years of books, games and movies, what more could the Alien franchise deliver? An inventive TV show, with fresh monsters and new heroes, finds our TV critic Bethan Ackerley

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Health

Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

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Mind

L-theanine: Can a compound in tea lower anxiety and help you focus?

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Are farmed oysters, mussels and clams the ultimate green foods?

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The best new science fiction books of September 2025

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