Eli Sharabi’s Hostage, the first memoir of captivity in Gaza in the aftermath of Oct. 7, appeared in Israel in May, just four months after his release; the English translation was published in the U.S

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Two photographers, two very different journeys. As Leica celebrates a century of image-making, the 2025 Oskar Barnack Awards honour Alejandro Cegarra’s searing study of migration and Serghei Duve’s intimate meditation on memory and identity. Peter Dench finds out more

The life of an asylum seeker in Paris, in close-up

Actor, presenter and now author Larry Lamb reveals why the written word – particularly verse – has always meant so much to him

Our dream holiday became a li ving nightmare Alison ...