HISTORICAL FACTS: Raymond antrobus | History Defined

The Booker Prize shortlist 2026: Full list of six books and where to buy them

The long-awaited Booker shortlist has been announced – here’s what novels have made the coveted list and what they are about

Evening Standard · Jul 28

Jarvis Cocker and Mary Beard announced as Booker prize judges

The historian is set to lead a ‘stellar’ 2026 panel featuring the Pulp frontman and other acclaimed writers, as the search begins for next year’s standout work of fiction

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025

Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and broadcaster Mary Beard among Booker Prize judges

The literary prize panel will also feature Patricia Lockwood, Raymond Antrobus and Rebecca Liu.

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025

TS Eliot prize for poetry shortlist contains ‘a strong strain of elegy’

The authors include Gboyega Odubanjo, whose debut collection was published posthumously, Carl Phillips and Karen McCarthy Woolf

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024

On my radar: Raymond Antrobus’s cultural highlights

The poet on the power of abstract art, Shakespeare in British Sign Language and the ‘articulated rage’ of James Baldwin

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Golden numbers; an intergalactic snail trail; an immersive guide to art; a tale of hope amid poverty; and a girl who can’t lie

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024

Picture books for children – reviews

Bashful cats and lonely ponies stalk the pages of this month’s choices

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024

Gboyega Odubanjo: police appeal for help over missing poet

Award-winning poet last seen in early hours of Saturday morning in Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

Children's author Michael Rosen wins PEN Pinter Prize 2023 for his "fearless" works

Popular British children's author Michael Rosen, who has written over 200 books for kids and adults, has been announced as the winner of the prestigious PEN Pinter Prize for 2023. Praising his works, the judges called them “fearless” writings that gives a “lesson in humanity".

The Times of India · Jun 28, 2023

Author Michael Rosen wins 2023 PEN Pinter prize for ‘fearless’ body of work

Writer of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a ‘passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2023