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We’ve Had It All Wrong About Why Princess Kate Didn’t Go with Prince William to Balmoral on the Day Queen Elizabeth Died

A new royal book clears it up.

Marie Claire

Turn Your Body to the Sun review – staggering second world war survival story

Dutch Estonian novelist Sana Valiulina investigates the life of her father who was compelled to betray Stalin’s Soviet Union by serving the Nazi war machine

The Guardian - UK

Hardy Women by Paula Byrne review – brilliant writer of women, very bad husband

An exhaustive biography of Thomas Hardy’s romantic life is most fascinating when it chronicles his complicated menage with his wife and a young typist

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Zoologist Arik Kershenbaum: ‘We all want to know whether animals talk and what they’re saying’

The zoologist on observing animal communication in the wild, why dolphins give one another names, and the high likelihood that humans could converse with aliens

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Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon review – uproarious am-dram in ancient Sicily

This witty debut novel, set in 412BC, imagines a couple of locals drumming up a production of Medea with captured Athenian soldiers

The Guardian - UK

‘Work needs rest and rest takes work’: fatigue specialist Vincent Deary on coping with life

Modern life can be exhausting. Psychologist, author and fatigue expert Vincent Deary says the answer is to learn how to rest

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Loot by Tania James review – imperialism through the eye of a tiger

James uses the pursuit of a plundered 18th-century artefact to examine the legacy of colonialism in a vivid novel that straddles continents

The Guardian - UK

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"Late Fascism": It's more than Trump

Fascism has been lurking under the surface of liberal democracy all along — we just didn't want to see it

Salon

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly ‘shocked’ about the controversial reaction to their baby name

Queen Elizabeth II was reportedly 'furious' when the couple used her childhood nickname as their daughter's name

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What Will Survive of Us by Howard Jacobson review – drama that is all in the dialogue

Not a huge amount happens in this tale of illicit fortysomething love, but Jacobson’s writing is so good it hardly matters

The Guardian - UK

The thoughtful reason Prince George won’t undertake royal duties until he’s ‘well into his twenties’ - and he has his dad to thank

The ten-year-old may one day be King, but he's in no rush to step into his royal role

GoodToKnow

From the spoon to the city: the design of Gianfranco Frattini

‘Gianfranco Frattini. Design 1955/2003’ is a new book chronicling the architect and designer’s work as well as his concept of designing ‘from the spoon to the city’

Wallpaper

‘Every school should have a library’: Philip Pullman calls for new UK laws

The novelist has joined fellow children’s writers Michael Morpurgo and Julia Donaldson in a plea to ministers for action

The Guardian - UK

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Historian Ramachandra Guha’s memoir on his relationship with his editor Rukun Advani

Historian Ramachandra Guha discusses his memoir of his relationship with his editor, Rukun Advani, in an interview.

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The saga of a room

Discover the cherished memories and secrets hidden within a beloved library room filled with books, laughter, and love.

The Guardian - UK

Helen Oyeyemi: ‘I like other humans mediated through art’

The novelist on why her adopted home, Prague, is so hard to write about, her regard for style over subject matter, and taking sick days from school to read Ali Smith

The Hindu

Kochi has taken to reading in new ways

Discover how reading initiatives in Kochi, India, are bringing communities together to enjoy books in outdoor spaces and cultural hubs.

The Guardian - UK

‘There is joy, and there is rage’: the new generation of novelists writing about motherhood

From the shock and awe of labour to domestic isolation, a wave of recent novels captures the transformative nature of being a mother

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John Lewis review: superb first biography of a civil rights hero

With In Search of the Beloved Community, Raymond Arsenault delivers a fitting tribute to the late Democrat from Georgia

The Guardian - UK

‘Money runs our lives’: novelist Kiley Reid on education, excess and what makes us squirm

Following her bestselling debut Such a Fun Age, Reid has turned to campus life for her new book Come and Get It. She talks class, money and why becoming a mother has made her a better writer

The Guardian - UK

Blood by Jen Gunter review – busting myths about menstruation

The gynaecologist known for criticising Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is back with an empowering guide to periods

Cinemablend

‘I Think That Book Is A Love Letter:’ Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Opens Up About Portraying Grief In Origin, And How It Helped Isabel’s Research

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor talked to CinemaBlend about portraying her character's grief in Origin, and how it impacted Isabel's research.

The Guardian - AU

Five great reads: rejection therapy, a city within a city, and why all cafes look the same

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - UK

Rats on the frontline in the fight against Putin

Letters: Rodents have had interesting roles to play in times of war, writes Nicholas Milton, while Judith Martin smells a rat in Hampshire council’s highways plans

The Guardian - UK

Good Material by Dolly Alderton audiobook review – a funny account of millennial love

Doctor Who’s Arthur Darvill and Napoleon’s Vanessa Kirby narrate a warm, witty portrait of thirtysomething middle-class life

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