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Sierra Greer discusses her award-winning sex robot novel ‘Annie Bot’

Award-winning author Sierra Greer talks about Annie Bot, her science fiction novel about a robot designed to please her owner, Doug

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Jockeys compete in a race for purebred Arabian horses at the Liwa International Festival 2023, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf Emirate of Abu Dhabi, on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Life

A fascinating book reveals the ancient story of horses and humans

Culture
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Space

Peter F. Hamilton’s latest is an epic slice of sci-fi – with one flaw

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Health

As Ozempic goes global, a powerful book reframes how we see obesity

Culture
Woman with a heart reflected in her eyes.

Technology

We’re getting intimate with chatbots. A new book asks what this means

Culture
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Health

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Why We Drink Too Much for Dry January

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B4M34P John Peters and Adrian Nichol RAF air crew who were shot down and held prisoners in Iraq during the Gulf War

Mind

A new book provides a toolkit to tackle anxiety. Can it really help?

Culture

Comment

The best new popular science books of January 2026

Culture

Comment

The best new science fiction books of January 2026

Culture

Comment

Our verdict on The Player of Games: Iain M. Banks is still a master

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Book Club has just finished our December read, Iain M. Banks's sci-fi novel The Player of Games - and most of us were fans of this big-thinking Culture tale

Culture

Comment

The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot

Culture

Technology

Read an extract from Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Culture

Mind

Can a new book crack one of neuroscience’s hardest problems? Not quite

Culture

Society

Bill Bryson on why he has updated A Short History of Nearly Everything

Culture