The Bedside Guardian 2023

It was a 12-month period that started with a bang – Liz Truss’s implosion at Number 10 – and ended with the whimper of Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed mutiny and likely assassination. Between, we had everything from Prince Harry’s ‘compelling and absurd’ memoir to Sinead O’Connor’s untimely death; wildfires in Greece and Barbenheimer at the box office; joy and sorrow at the Women’s World Cup and Greta Thunberg’s takedown of Andrew Tate in a crisp nine words. The Bedside Guardian covers all this and more, with its annual collection of the best features, interviews and on-the-ground reporting from the past year. In these pages you will find writing that fearlessly tackles the big subjects: David Olusoga’s searing examination of the Guardian’s historical links with slavery, Tim Jonze’s unbearably moving account of facing death in his thirties, Naomi Klein’s thought-provoking essay on the threat of AI. But there is lightness to be found here too: Emine Saner on the joy of chickens, Zoe Williams writing Christmas cards for her mother – and Adrian Chiles discovering his OnlyFans lookalike.It is a collection that reflects the Guardian itself: stimulating, smart and refreshingly eclectic. For a limited time, save 25% if you order The Guardian Long Read magazine and The Bedside Guardian, exclusively at the Guardian Bookshop