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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

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Lauren Beukes on why she tackled the multiverse in sci-fi novel Bridge

The award-winning author of The Shining Girls on how her 'magpie curiosity' about everything from neuroparasitology to music theory led to her multiverse novel Bridge, our latest Book Club pick

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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Read an extract from Bridge by Lauren Beukes

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JULY 31: Jarren Duran #16 of the Boston Red Sox hits a single during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on July 31, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

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Game of Edges review: Inside story of how data is transforming sport

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Bridge review: An essential entrant into the multiverse genre

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4th July 2024 The Alnwick Garden, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK. Image shows gardeners Amy Thorp and Joe Savage unveiling the Gympie Gympie plant in the Poison Garden at The Alnwick Garden. The boundaries of the Poison Garden are kept behind black iron gates, only open on guided tours. A combination of dark, ivy-covered tunnels and flame-shaped beds creates an educational garden full of interest and intrigue, where the most dangerous plants are kept within giant cages. Visitors can learn about the poisonous plants but are strictly prohibited from touching them. Info from press release The most venomous of all plants arrives at Alnwick???s Poison Garden The Alnwick Garden???s award-winning Poison Garden is unveiling a stinger of a new addition this week with its home grown native Australian plant, Gympie Gympie. Also known as the ???Australian stinging tree???, the nettle-like shrub is known as the world???s most venomous plant and is said to be capable of delivering a sting similarly to being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time. The plant is the latest to grow in the small but deadly Poison Garden at The Alnwick Garden which hosts around 100 toxic, intoxicating and narcotic plants including Laburnum, Atropa, Belladonna, Opium Poppy and Marijuana. Picture Phil Wilkinson / The Alnwick Garden

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51�� recommends: The Poison Garden near Alnwick Castle

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Illustration of a human embryo at the blastocyst stage approximately 5 to 9 days after fertilisation. The outer trophoblast layer (green) will implant into the wall of the uterus (endometrium) and go on to form the placenta. The inner fluid-filled cavity of the blastocyst is called the blastocoele. The inner cell mass (embryoblast, orange) will form the embryo.

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From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

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King Coal review: Moving documentary shows bequest of a dying industry

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King Coal review: Moving documentary shows bequest of a dying industry

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Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in OPPENHEIMER, written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.

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How Oppenheimer addresses the paranoia around nuclear power

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BONN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: A woman is seen illuminated in the window of a residential building on December 23, 2021 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo by Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images)

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Alone review: Insightful bestseller explores long-term singlehood

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M0XCDJ URSULA LE GUIN American author at Gothenburgh Book fair 1990

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51�� recommends: The Left Hand of Darkness and The Big Sleep

The books, TV, games and more that 51�� staff have enjoyed this week

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Cave of Bones review: Lee Berger on the discovery of Homo naledi

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Meg 2: The Trench review: Light on science, heavy on fun

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See the tricky logistics behind displaying the shuttle Endeavour

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Foundation season two review: Will this epic live up to its promise?

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