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How co-writing a book threatened the Carters' marriage

No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter

The Independent UK

Prince Harry Once Revealed the "Cold-Blooded" Christmas Gift He Received From a Royal Family Member

He also shared that he felt "nothing for her, except a bit of pity and a lot of jumpiness."

Marie Claire

Rundown schools risk ‘irreparable’ harm to pupils, UK children’s laureate says

Exclusive: Frank Cottrell-Boyce says Conservative funding freeze over 14 years has created ‘enormous’ equality gap

The Guardian - UK

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Envy, ego, pride and pain: what I learned from publishing my first book

Years torturing yourself before a blank page are followed by months of scrambling for publicity, followed by oblivion

The Guardian - US

Nonfiction to look out for in 2025

From a river voyage with Robert Macfarlane to Helen Garner’s candid tale of a broken marriage, via Ian Leslie’s analysis of Lennon and McCartney’s complicated kinship, here are the titles you can’t afford to miss

The Guardian - UK

Fiction to look out for in 2025

An epic family saga, new novels from Natasha Brown and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, plus a David Szalay masterpiece… the coming year looks good

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary: Once more unto the breeches

Plots and sprigged muslin aside, the author’s enduring legacy also lies in her relevance as a foil for modern mores

The Guardian - UK

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‘Dubious’ use of the Freedom of Information Act stopping access to files on Prince Andrew, researchers say

Biographer says government departments give contradictory refusals to requests and accuses them of ‘cover up’

The Guardian - UK

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – the joys of country music

A shy man leads a solitary existence until a young girl – and a cat – inveigle their way into his apparently contented life in this big-hearted tale

The Guardian - UK

Page-Turners for the Newly Retired: Books to Inspire and Enjoy

The best books for newly retired people to read for inspiration and entertainment.

Kiplinger

Writer, editor, screenwriter and ultimate Malayali icon: Making sense of MT’s world

I tried contacting him once, back when I was just a cub reporter. The buzz was that Room No.1 at Ernakulam’s BTH Hotel was booked for him whenever he was in town. On a whim, I dialed the reception, asked to be connected to the room and braced for the…

Newslaundry

Listen up! Why 2024 was the year of the audiobook

With download figures at a high, all-star Hollywood voice casts and Spotify’s entry into the audiobook streaming business, the format is enjoying a surge in popularity

The Guardian - UK

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Sibling rivalry, a massive shark, anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, a brilliant romcom, and a tale of power and betrayal

The Guardian - UK

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie audiobook review – a starry whodunnit

Peter Dinklage’s resonant turn as Hercule Poirot gives the beloved writer’s debut a charismatic reboot

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What Virginia Woolf has in common with the Peepo! baby

What does Peepo!, a popular picture book from the 1980s, have in common with Virginia Woolf’s unfinished wartime memoir? More than a little, as it turns out.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling says she’s ‘cancelled’ after post celebrating wedding anniversary

‘Harry Potter’ author often faces backlash for her outspoken stance on trans women

The Independent UK

Is ‘doom spending’ draining your money? How to fix your financial habits in 2025

Former financial ‘hot mess’ Emma Edwards explores how to rest your habits in her new book, Good With Money

I tested every new Kindle in 2024 – this is the one I'd buy, and why

There are a range of excellent Kindle options out there –but this is the one I'd buy right now.

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The Guardian - AU

Deciding to read a book a week was the best new year resolution I ever made

I read 52 books that year and I’ve kept the habit up in the years that followed, the routine now firmly established

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘I tried to push him on reparations, but I didn’t get very far’

They chewed over slavery and the climate crisis, then moved on to gender issues – did they leave on good terms?

The Guardian - UK

Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse review – Holocaust secrets unearthed

Based on a massacre in an Austrian town at the end of the second world war, this thoughtful novel confronts the long shadow of Nazism

The Guardian - UK

And the Walls Became the World All Around by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing review – a dying writer’s journal

There is exquisite detail and piercing clarity in these observations from a writer’s notebooks as she faces terminal cancer

The Guardian - UK

Alive in the Merciful Country by AL Kennedy – activism and betrayal

A primary school teacher navigates lockdown in an ambitious novel that asks potent questions about abuses of state and personal power

The Independent UK

Voices: My ex wrote a sensational book about me – and it backfired. Badly

DEAR VIX : The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

Fit & Well

This high-protein egg recipe is next-level healthy and full of flavor

Bump up your plant intake with this joyful purple shakshuka recipe from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s latest cookbook

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