Flora Bowen

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Flora Bowen

A family has travelled across Malaysia to claim their inheritance, an “untamed and neglected” area of farmland. The trees are diseased and dying, the stream has been emptied by drought; the only possible value is in the plot’s location close to Singapore. Set at an undisclosed time and in an unnamed part of the Malaysian south, we follow the Lims as they work on their farm over the course of one oppressively hot summer.

Nov 6, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Flora Bowen

A vigil in London in November 2015 after the Bataclan attacks, which killed over 130 people Credit: EPA/Jack Taylor They were eating in crowded cafés and bars, watching a football match in the Stade de France, singing along to a rock concert at the Bataclan, when the gunfire began. The evening of November 13 2015 began like any other in Paris; by the time it was over, the city had witnessed the deadliest terrorist attack in French history. In a series of shootings and bombings, nine Islamists...

Aug 31, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Cal Revely-Calder |Flora Bowen

Sally Rooney, author of Intermezzo Credit: Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu “Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything”.

Aug 14, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Flora Bowen

Students who perform better than their predicted grades are also able to use the system to find an alternative institution Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images A-level results day is a moment of joy and triumph for many, as students prepare for life at the university of their choice. But for others, it can be a highly stressful time if their results don’t go to plan and they narrowly miss their required grades. While many students still secure places at their insurance choices, there are some who...

May 27, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Flora Bowen

Roz Dineen's novel imagines a Britain-like country on the brink; pictured, London during a major fire in 2007 Credit: EPA Environmental catastrophe, civil unrest, terrorism: the nation is on the verge.