This week, Isaac Nowell takes us out in all weathers, Sean O'Brien reads a new poem, and Norma Clarke on a fascinating story of exile and doomed love.

'In All Weathers: A Journey Through Rain, Fog, Wind, Ice and

Everything in Between', by Matt Gaw

'Fingerpost', by Sean O'Brien

'In Pursuit of Love: The Search for Victor Hugo's Daughter', by Mark Bostridge

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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This week, Anna Katharina Schaffner on a top-to-tail exploration of deportment; and Toby Lichtig in conversation with novelist Hari Kunzru at the Hay Festival.

'Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America', by Beth Linker

'Blue Ruin', by Hari Kunzru

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This week, Lily Herd on a child's-eye view of rockstar royalty; and Toby Lichtig talks to novelist Chigozie Obioma at the Hay Festival.

'My Family and Other Rock Stars', by Tiffany Murray

'The Road to the Country', by Chigozie Obioma

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This week, Heather O'Donoghue puzzles over the locked rooms and red herrings of the crime genre; and Josh Raymond on an animated attempt to understand teenage turmoil.

'The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators', by Martin Edwards

'Inside Out 2'

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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This week, we accompany Stephen Sawyer on a speeded-up saunter through the arrondissements; and Toby Lichtig in conversation with Rory Stewart at the Hay Festival.

'Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century', by Simon Kuper

'The Zone: An Alternative History of Paris', by Justinien Tribillon

'Politics on the Edge', by Rory Stewart

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This week, TLS editors and writers guide you through a summer of reading; and Sarah Watling explores the extraordinary story of an artistic double act.

'Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece: An Untold Story', Charleston, Lewes, Sussex

'The Secret Art of Dorothy Hepworth, aka Patricia Preece', by Denys J. Wilcox

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This week, Ben Hutchinson on the making of Franz Kafka, a century after the writer's death; and an interview with Roz Dineen about her vision of climate catastrophe and societal collapse.

'Kafka: Making of an icon', Weston Library, Bodleian, Oxford, until October 27

Accompanying book edited by Ritchie Robertson

'Briefly Very Beautiful', by Roz Dineen

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Join us for at the Hay Festival for a conversation encompassing portals to other worlds, rock bands, improbable giraffes and the travails of the M4.

'Impossible Creatures', by Katherine Rundell

'One Ukrainian Summer: A Memoir About Falling in Love and Coming of Age in the Former USSR', by Viv Groskop

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This week, we hear from two international prize-winning authors, Jenny Erpenbeck and Mircea Cărtărescu.

'Kairos' by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann

'Solenoid' by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter

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This week, writers including Andrew O'Hagan, Rose Tremain, Ayobami Adebayo and Marian Keyes select their most memorable sporting moments; and we drop in on the European Writers' Festival at the British Library.

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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