Category: Nikesh Shukla

‘I’d like to explain why I was such a monster back then’: six writers on the apologies they wish they’d made

by The Guardian | Sep 27, 2026 | Books, Bullying, Children, Family, Fostering, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Nikesh Shukla, Parents and parenting, Relationships, Sexuality, The Guardian | 0 |

From making life hell for a young teacher to doubting the motives of a caring foster mother, Olivia Petter, Derek Owusu, Annie Lord and other writers repent for past bad behaviourAt school, I was not a good girl. Actually,...

‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone

by The Guardian | Dec 13, 2025 | Ali Smith, Books, Children and teenagers, Christmas, Colm Tóibín, Culture, Diana Evans, Elif Shafak, Fiction, Jeanette Winterson, Jonathan Coe, Kamila Shamsie, Katherine Rundell, Max Porter, Michael Rosen, Nikesh Shukla, Nina Stibbe, Poetry, Robert Macfarlane, Sarah Moss, Science and nature books, Tessa Hadley, The Guardian, William Boyd | 0 |

Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect giftI love giving books as presents. I rarely give anything else. I strongly approve of the Icelandic...