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Jewellery designer Solange Azagury-Patridge celebrates three decades of precious wit

A new book illuminates a 30-year career of darkly fanciful high-jewellery design, and a smacker of a semi-precious hit

Wallpaper · Nov 26, 2024

Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary picks ‘enshittification’ as word of 2024

Judging committee says term captures widespread sense that things are getting worse.

Al Jazeera · Nov 26, 2024

Regrets, feminism, and Trump’s ‘fascination’ with Putin: key takeways from Merkel’s memoir

The former German chancellor’s book Freedom gives insights on Brexit and her East German upbringing

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024

Bestselling 'Woman Of Substance' Author Barbara Taylor Bradford Dies Aged 91

Bestselling British-American writer Barbara Taylor Bradford, whose first novel "A Woman of Substance" turned her into an overnight success, has died aged 91, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

International Business Times · Nov 25, 2024

Dune: Prophecy – the prequel series takes liberties with the Herberts’ vision, but not for the worse

Dune is one of the most revered works in science fiction, due to the scale and granular detail (no pun intended) of Frank Herbert’s world-building. The original novel comes with multiple appendices covering millennia of historical context. This means that the biggest hurdle any adaptation or spin-off must overcome is…

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2024

Gangs, guns and bibles in Cape Town: what it takes to quit a life of violence and stay alive

“Blood in and blood out” is a well-known saying in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa. It refers to the violent initiation rituals often needed to enter a gang – and the likelihood of being killed before one can get out. These are the perils that people face when…

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2024

Barbara Taylor Bradford: she wrote books about sexy, scrappy, hard-working women like her

A towering goddess of late 20th-century fiction, the novelist sold a different way of living to women who did not have choices – and she made all of her own dreams come true

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

A Woman Of Substance winner remembers Taylor Bradford’s ‘steely determination’

Journalist Lisa Salmon met the novelist in 2009 when she was recognised for the adversity she had overcome.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024

Bottega Veneta’s latest must-have accessory is a giant Richard Scarry children’s book

Bottega Veneta has recreated Richard Scarry’s seminal 1985 children’s book ‘Biggest Word Book Ever’ in woven leather, alongside a playful capsule of accessories inspired by the American author’s picture books

Wallpaper · Nov 25, 2024

Barbara Taylor Bradford had ‘elegance, poise and steely determination’

The novelist died aged 91 on Sunday.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024