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Seascraper by Benjamin Wood audiobook review – a shore thing

A wannabe folk singer’s humdrum life as a shrimp catcher is upended by the arrival of a mysterious American stranger in the Booker-listed tale

The Guardian - UK · May 14

Nero book awards: Benjamin Wood and Sarah Perry among prize winners

Wood wins the award for fiction for his ‘utterly immersive’ novel Seascraper while Perry picks up the nonfiction prize for her memoir Death of an Ordinary Man

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14

Met Police ‘don’t want to know’ about Muriel McKay case, says daughter

A High Court judge ruled that the family cannot perform a radar scan of a shared back garden in east London where they believe she is buried.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood review – a story that sings on the page

A young shrimp fisher’s horizons are broadened by the arrival of a stranger in this atmospheric Booker-listed tale

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Booker Prize announces ‘wonderful’ longlist of 13 books that left judges ‘elated’

Shortlist will be unveiled on 23 September, with the winner announcement to follow in November

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025

Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw

Chair of judges Roddy Doyle says the 13 ‘gripping’ titles in contention for the £50,000 award all ‘examine identity, individual or national’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

This year’s Booker prize longlist looks in new directions

Former winner Kiran Desai leads a varied field, while Alan Hollinghurst misses out

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025

Teenager who died in ‘hit and run’ had just arrived in UK ‘for a better future’

Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Al Yazidi was walking along a street in Sheffield when he was hit by a car which appears to have mounted the pavement.

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025

Man arrested following death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson is rebailed

Mr Johnson died after he was hit in the neck by a skate as he played for Nottingham Panthers at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena.

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024

Man, 29, died after 'three day bender'

A coroner has spoken of his sadness at 'another drugs death in this town'

Manchester Evening News · May 23, 2023