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Brutalism: Oscar-nominated film has revived interest in a controversial architectural legacy

With ten Oscar nominations, The Brutalist has reignited the debate over the legacy of brutalism. The polarising architectural style was shaped by post-war hopes for a better future. But it was also, as historian Adrian Forty argues in his book Concrete and Culture (2012), an “expression of melancholy, the work…

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Disposable: what Covid-19 did to those who couldn’t afford to fight the virus

Sarah Jones’s book includes personal history, including her grandfather – one of 1.2 million Americans the virus killed

The Guardian - US

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – an SF master moves into the mainstream

This book within a book weaves a writer’s struggles with scenes from their Africanfuturist tale of post-apocalyptic robots

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The Violet Hour by James Cahill review – art, secrets and lies

The Tiepolo Blue author’s impressive second novel is an enthrallingly intricate portrait of the art world

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Police in disputed Kashmir raid bookstores, seizing books related to Islamic group

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have raided bookstores and seized 668 books linked to a major Islamic organization in the disputed region, where a strict controls on the press have escalated in recent years

The Independent UK

Prince Charles Sent Princess Diana an Unexpectedly Touching Message Before Their Royal Wedding

The late royal shared the details of his intimate card and personalized gift.

Marie Claire

All fores! Miranda July among artists to create feminist mini-golf course in Melbourne

Swingers, which aims to celebrate the sport’s feminist history, will take over the Flinders Street station ballroom as part of the 2025 Rising festival

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'One of Scotland’s finest crime writers': Denzil Meyrick dies aged 59

BESTSELLING Scottish author Denzil Meyrick has died at the age of 59 ...

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Inside Fort Worth’s Narcotic Farm Experiment

Rehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.

Texas Observer

'Hello, Eric, it's Oprah.' Author Eric Puchner is latest member of Winfrey book club

Eric Puchner is a well-regarded fiction writer whose new novel, “Dream State,” tells a story about life’s unexpected and improbable plot twists

The Independent UK

Independent book shops in Scotland named finalists for British Book Awards 2025

Independent bookshops in Scotland have been named among the best in the whole of the UK after being listed as finalists for the 2025 British Book…

The National (Scotland)

The Umbrella Academy is returning to comics with a new storyline featuring the Sparrows from season 3 of the TV show

Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá return for the new run

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Independent bookshops in Scotland named finalists for British Book Awards 2025

Independent bookshops in Scotland have been named among the best in the whole of the UK after being listed as finalists for the 2025 British Book…

The National (Scotland)

Presidents at War: how battle has shaped American leaders

A new book looks back in history to see how presidents including Reagan and Eisenhower were affected by war

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Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell review – a dread-stoking domestic abuse drama

O’Donnell brings the spare intensity of her award-winning short stories to her first novel, a compulsive tale of one woman’s escape intensified by Dublin’s housing crisis

The National (Scotland)

Twelve novelists longlisted for £25,000 Walter Scott book award

Twelve novelists have been longlisted for a £25,000 award named after a famous Scottish writer.

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35 Weird But Brilliant Books If You Are Seeking To Read Something Different, As Shared Online

People online are sharing "weird" book suggestions. The post 35 Weird But Brilliant Books If You Are Seeking To Read Something Different, As Shared Online first appeared on Bored Panda.

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What Marielle Knows review – teenager’s telepathic powers reveal parents’ secrets and lies

In this fantasy-satire of bourgeois family life, a girl is suddenly able to see everything her messed-up parents are up to

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Geoff Nicholson obituary

Author whose work examined the links between emotions, behaviour and location, notably in his novel Bleeding London

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‘Clambering about in Victorian boots was brutal’: how we made Picnic at Hanging Rock

‘A potential US distributor,’ recalls director Peter Weir, ‘supposedly threw his coffee cup at the screen at the end of the film, saying, “So whodunnit?” He felt he’d wasted a couple of hours’

The Guardian - UK

A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration

The actor’s book Freckleface Strawberry is on a list of library books suspended for a ‘compliance review’ after a presidential executive order

The Guardian - AU

Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts review – powerful, poignant and suffused with millennial dread

A young couple encounter catastrophic fires and ruined rivers on a California road trip, searching for art and hope in a darkening world

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: That by Rebecca Watts

Repetition mounts to unnerving auditory effect as a trapped fly makes a life-or-death bid to escape

The Independent UK

Julianne Moore in ‘great shock’ after her book is ‘banned by Trump administration’

Books is reportedly under review to ensure it is not ‘potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics’

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Miss Austin viewers are ALL saying the same thing about the BBC show, with some calling the Keeley Hawes drama 'perfection'

Miss Austin fans are unanimous in their approval

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