'From nobody to somebody' – How Luca Guercilena convinced Trek to buy a pro team – Book extract The Italian team manager tells his life story in an emotional and revealing book Cycling News · Mar 21, 2025
‘Every push forward is opposed by backward forces’: why the new Rebel Girls book is more needed than ever Nine years on from the original book’s publication, feminism is under threat as never before, so an update serves as a ‘beacon of hope’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2025
Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – genre games and gender mischief The follow-up to Detransition, Baby is a collection of short works ranging from dystopia to romance that delight in complicating identity politics The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2025
The Shortest History of France: Enough French history to see you through a dinner party 2,000 years of history in 255 pages - it turns out France has always been open to outside influences Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2025
Algeria Prosecutors Seek 10 Years' Jail For Writer Boualem Sansal: Media Algerian prosecutors have requested a 10-year prison sentence for French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, accused of undermining the country's territorial integrity, local media reported Thursday. International Business Times · Mar 20, 2025
Colleen Hoover posts follow-up after claiming she’s ‘going broke’ in alarming video Hoover has been caught in the controversy surrounding the film adaptation of her novel, ‘It Ends With Us’ The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025
Meta exposé tops bestseller chart despite company’s attempt to ban its promotion Sarah Wynn-Williams’s account of her seven years as a Facebook executive is number one on the New York Times bestseller list and has flown off the shelves in the UK The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025
How to watch The Handmaid's Tale seasons 1-5 from anywhere as the intense season 6 trailer lands The Handmaid's Tale season 6 will conclude the dystopian drama and you might be wanting to catch up on what's happened up to now Woman & Home · Mar 20, 2025
Stephen Jessel obituary BBC correspondent who reported on the Iranian revolution, Olof Palme’s assassination and Mobutu’s last days in Zaire The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025
"Something for true collectors": CD Projekt CEO shares his nostalgia for the "super retro" Witcher comics that are coming out in English for the first time That Geralt has seen some stuff... GamesRadar · Mar 20, 2025
Can books be bad for you? Only if you’re a ‘bad reader’ like Don Quixote Books as a backdrop in a portrait or an interview lend gravitas. They stand for literacy, for education, for a way to open the mind, develop the imagination and get on in life. But not all books are considered to convey such benefits. The Conversation · Mar 20, 2025
Gisèle Pelicot announces she will publish a memoir The survivor of mass rape who became an international symbol of fortitude hopes ‘to convey a message of strength and courage’ in A Hymn to Life The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025
These Librarians Won’t Let America’s Fever Hit Fahrenheit 451 A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle. Texas Observer · Mar 20, 2025
Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62 The writer, who found success with young adult novels, inspired one of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films which was based on the author’s childhood The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025
Metal Hammer · Mar 20, 2025 Metallica’s Kirk Hammett announces new book with help from Jason Momoa: “I hope all of you enjoy this journey as much as I did!” The Collection: Kirk Hammett, announced in a video narrated by Aquaman star Jason Momoa, offers a look at the Metallica player’s famously massive guitar stash
The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2025 The Clinking by Susie Greenhill review – a stunning, devastating debut The Richell Prize-winner’s novel, set in a near-future lutruwita/Tasmania, asks what does it mean to have hope in the face of climate crisis?
Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025 Upcoming BBC Crongton show will become ‘loving tribute’ to author Alex Wheatle He wrote a string of books about life on London’s streets for young black men including the Crongton series.
The Conversation · Mar 20, 2025 What is apartheid? New book for young readers explains South Africa’s racist system A new book, Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid, has just been published in South Africa. Intended for young people but speaking to readers of all ages, the book explores what it was like living through this dark and racist period of segregation.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025 Dangerous birds, headless statues and rescues from space – take the Thursday quiz Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025 Changing My Mind by Julian Barnes review – a manifesto for open-mindedness The author’s suite of essays, originally conceived for broadcast, don’t always translate well for the page
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025 Eley Williams and Ferdia Lennon shortlisted for Dylan Thomas prize Yael van der Wouden, Seán Hewitt, Yasmin Zaher and Rebecca Watson also in running for Swansea University’s £20,000 writers’ award, with winner announced on 15 May
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 Prosecutor says at trial that Iran put $500,000 bounty on head of Iranian-American journalist A prosecutor has told a jury at a murder-for-hire trial that the Iranian government put a $500,000 bounty on the head of an outspoken Iranian-American journalist
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 Newly released JFK assassination files reveal more about CIA but don't yet point to conspiracies Newly released documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 are giving curious readers more details Wednesday into Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations but didn’t initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 Controversial insider account by former Meta official has strong first-week sales A former Meta official’s explosive insider account sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on Amazon
Marie Claire · Mar 19, 2025 Princess Diana Saw Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's Divorce as a "Roadmap of How to Mess It Up" The late princess used her brother-in-law and sister-in-law's split as a learning opportunity for her own breakup.