Bittersweet news this week for fans of spy fiction, as Viking reveals it is publishing Silverview, a posthumous novel by John le Carré, who died in December 2020 aged 89. Le Carré—born… Read more »

Big Ben has been in the news quite a lot for a 157 year-old, 13-tonne, under-repair-since-2017 bell.* This major UK tourist attraction, housed in one of the most-photographed buildings in… Read more »

In “incredibly predictable news” news, the recently-announced fifty pence coin commemorating the UK’s exit from the European Union* has caused outrage and controversy. But not for the reasons you might… Read more »

The UK has taken to the polls in the third general election in five years—the first December election for almost a century. At the moment of writing, latest opinion poll… Read more »

Last year we wrote about the annual tradition that is Collins English Dictionary word of the year, as chosen by lexicographers since 2013. Following on from last year’s winner “single-use,”… Read more »

OK, I’ll level with you. Every week, we go through the books news looking for the most vital, interesting, controversial and otherwise blog-worthy stories. It’s fun! And the past couple… Read more »

Hello friends. Last time we talked Brexit on MobyLives! the UK was due to crash out of the European Union on March 29 and an online petition to Revoke Article 50… Read more »

You know that feeling before an exam, of sheer panic and anxiety in the pit of your stomach? The dread of realising your coursework is due in and it’s nowhere… Read more »

Ah, January. The holidays are over, and the only thing that remains are those weird chocolate liqueurs no-one wants to eat, and a nagging sense of regret: should I really have eaten… Read more »

Nothing is certain but death and taxes, so says the old proverb. Yet while we are all embarking on our slow decline to death (Merry Christmas everyone!) the tax we… Read more »