Today’s five great reads has a scathing view of Netanyahu, advice for the ‘punctually challenged’, and a tour of the hotel that stands over Kabul ‘like a castle’ – a nerve centre for power in Afghanistan :

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

(And some nice Thomas Boivin shots of Paris: )

I went for a walk with Charlotte Wood :

to have a conversation with such a writer about mortality, bodies and art was a real pleasure

The new interview series launches today on the Guardian >>

www.theguardian.com/books/2023/o...