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Groundbreaking Irish Writer Edna O'Brien Dead At 93

Tributes poured in on Sunday for Edna O'Brien, the radical Irish writer whose groundbreaking first novel "The Country Girls" was burned and banned in her native country, after her death at 93.

International Business Times

Princess Kate Is the Reason Why Prince William and King Charles Are "Much Closer," Upcoming Biography Reveals

The Princess of Wales has "smoothed the way for William and his father to have a better relationship."

Marie Claire

Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

After early novels that won international acclaim but were banned at home, the Irish author had a prolific career lasting more than half a century

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What Vance’s nomination speech tells us about his vision of the American dream and the country’s future

As a social scientist who has attended to JD Vance’s writing as part of my research, I was surprised when Trump selected him as his running mate. Vance’s memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, is one of the case studies in my ongoing research study on globalization at the intersection of various cross-border…

The Conversation

No Name in the Street; Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin – review

In the centenary of his birth year, the author’s voice is as necessary, human and sharp as ever in a reprinted short story collection and memoir from the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar review – love and identity on the 1960s music scene

A glorious debut about a Senegalese singer’s rise to stardom and the woman he meets in New York

The Guardian - UK

James Baldwin taught us that identities can help us to locate ourselves. But they trap us too

The writer, who would have turned 100 this week, spoke to, and from, America’s moral conscience

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Philospher Peter Godfrey-Smith: ‘To some extent, our planet would be better off without humanity’

With the bestselling Other Minds, the philosopher dramatically changed our view of octopuses. Now, concluding his trilogy about the evolution of intelligence, he shows how animal life has shaped the planet itself

The Guardian - UK

There’s Nothing Wrong With Her describes the unique hell of long Covid

After writing a bestselling mystery novel, Kate Weinberg found herself in a plotless place with no neat, obvious ending: suffering the torturous, confusing ordeal of long Covid. Now she’s turned the experience into a funny, philosophical novel – one that, as Jessie Thompson knows from experience, perfectly captures the surreal…

The Independent UK

‘The people’s coal’: New book explores if justice was served for Scotland’s miners

IN 2022, the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) Act came into force in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lemire's new Justice Society of America ongoing series will focus on both the JSA and Infinity, Inc.

The new comic is drawn by Diego Olortegui

GamesRadar

Pat Barker and Benjamin Myers in conversation: ‘I’m absolutely intolerable when I’m not writing’

Ahead of new books by both, the two English novelists discuss their friendship, the baggage that comes with being labelled ‘northern writers’ and why the Krankies’ memoir is a must-read

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Evie Wyld’s cultural highlights

The author on a musical tribute to Andy Warhol, the book that made her swear out loud, and an exciting new restaurant in Peckham

The Guardian - UK

Absolute Green Lantern is writer Al Ewing's first series for DC and will be a "complete reimagining" of the concept, starring multiple Lanterns

Jahnoy Lindsay will draw the new series

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Can We Fix Climate Change If People Don’t Believe In It? Science History Offers Hope

Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change.

The Guardian - UK

Notes on a scandal: Monica Heisey on why Ursula Parrott’s account of divorce is still alarmingly relatable

Nearly a century after it was first published, Ex‑Wife remains relevant and scathing, writes the Really Good, Actually author

The Guardian - UK

Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith review – a secret history

This ambitious debut uncovers a town’s dark past, in a story of teenage dissidence that is alert to the deceptions of propaganda

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Mick Herron: ‘Most people didn’t know I was writing – I was a secretive kind of writer’

His spy series became the TV hit Slow Horses, and now his earlier novels are being adapted for screen, starring Emma Thompson. Mick Herron talks about finding recognition

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A Better Tomorrow: Life Lessons in Hope and Strength by Mina Smallman review

A mother’s quest to understand why the murder of her two daughters was not taken more seriously

The Guardian - UK

Can you face Frank Paul’s fiendish summer quiz?

A set of cunning quizzes from the former Only Connect champion and the author of The Cryptic Pub Quiz Book. You might need a pen and paper …

The Guardian - UK

Blind date: ‘I felt flustered at times – in a good way’

Birgit, 42, an academic, meets Solomon, 44, a healthcare professional

Apple TV drama's S2 trailer appeared from nowhere – S1 has near-perfect 97% score

Pachinko season 2 looks set to deliver more excellence

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Phaidon’s new Graphic Classics is a lavish greatest hits of graphic design

Graphic Classics is a compendium of seven centuries of visual culture, from the everyday and ephemeral to visionary works that reshaped our world

GamesRadar

This fang-tastic visual novel had me talking kinder to myself, and I can't thank it enough for that

Indie Spotlight | Vampire Therapist was one of my most anticipated games of the year, and boy howdy is it one you need to sink your fangs into

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The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey audiobook review – coming of age in a time of fear

Two girls set out to catch the Yorkshire Ripper in this vividly narrated novel of adolescent curiosity and confusion

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