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London tunnels that inspired James Bond creator will become spy museum

Complex built during second world war is to include military equipment, interactive exhibitions and a bar

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025

George R.R. Martin Sets Fans Straight On 'Winds Of Winter'

The fantasy author hears you, but continues to maintain that he'll finish his 'Song of Ice and Fire' saga.

Inverse · May 29, 2025

Harry Potter Profits Funding Anti-Trans Organization as J.K. Rowling Launches 'Women's Fund'

Author J.K. Rowling is using her earnings from the Harry Potter franchise to found an anti-trans organization focused on "fighting to retain women's sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces."

Latin Times · May 29, 2025

Kataraina by Becky Manawatu review – a generous and masterful novel

Both a sequel and prequel to the Māori and Pākehā author’s acclaimed debut, Auē, Kataraina is filled with heart-achingly beautiful vignettes

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2025

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood

The actor warmly narrates this intimate account of his rise to stardom, from the traumas that shaped his childhood to the epiphany that would lead to his glittering career

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025

Marriage Material review – cornershop comedy with a cardi-and-trousers charm

Great 1970s costumes, bubbling performances and an elegant set tee up this adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera’s novel about a Sikh family facing Enoch Powell-era racism

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025

'Towering giant of Kenyan letters' author Ngugi wa Thiong'o dies aged 87

Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o has died, his daughter announced on Wednesday evening. With his focus on post-colonial identity, he was considered one of East Africa's greatest literary figures.

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2025

Marriage Material at the Lyric Hammersmith review: a raucously funny and often moving family saga

4/5 Even when it stretches plausibility – those wigs! – this sprawling immigrant aspiration story is a pleasure to watch

Evening Standard · May 29, 2025

Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle review – what exactly is ‘clairgustance’?

A chef can taste the favourite foods of the departed, in this debut mash-up of satire, ghost story and slushy romance

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025

Acclaimed Kenyan writer and dissident, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, dies at 87

Ngugi’s work critiqued both British colonialism in Kenya and postcolonial Kenyan society.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2025