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I didn’t mind my unusual first name – until I found out it could cost me dearly

Research shows that those with easier to pronounce names are more successful in the workplace

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

Anne Michaels: ‘Language can’t represent brutality’

The Booker-shortlisted author on her inability to compromise, her friendship with John Berger, and the last book she gave as a gift

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

‘She was the only genius I ever met’: Wolf Hall director on making latest instalment without Hilary Mantel

Peter Kosminsky hails novelist behind tale of dark arts in court of Henry VIII as it returns to TV screens after 10 years

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

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On my radar: Noreen Masud’s cultural highlights

The writer and academic on stories and poetry from Gaza, an exhibition of friendship, and the cat rescue website she prefers to dating apps

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

Maggie O’Farrell: ‘Having a stammer was instrumental in making me a writer’

The novelist, 52, talks about teenage affliction, the missing elements in stories and always loving Where the Wild Things Are

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

"I was terrible at asking for help, I just didn’t know how to do it," Miranda Hart says as she speaks candidly about her struggles with chronic illness

Miranda Hart's new memoir candidly details her struggles with chronic illness

Woman & Home · Nov 2, 2024

A tribute to Grumbles at 60, forever a locals' favourite

Grumbles has become a Pimlico favourite for its straightforward cooking, comforting welcome and cracking wine list

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2024

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Gliff by Ali Smith review – reading the signs of crisis

Two children decode a dystopia, in a chilling and wistful novel that speaks to our times

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

Chaumet’s new book celebrates its most memorable collaborations with photographers

'Chaumet: Photographers’ Gaze' unites jewellery editorials and campaigns captured by major photographers. Co-author Carol Woolton tells us of the ‘addictive' Chaumet archive

Wallpaper · Nov 2, 2024

King axes Andrew’s £1 million annual ‘living allowance’

The move will be seen as another step by Charles to publicly distance himself from his younger brother.

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

Tech of the Week: Rapha goes 'the extra mile' to celebrate its 20th anniversary, new threads from Universal Colours and Assos plus hybrid e-bikes from Cannondale

Iconic clothing brand marks time with a weighty tome, winter kit from Assos and Universal Colours plus Cannondale refreshes its electric hybrid line

Cycling Weekly · Nov 1, 2024

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman demonstrates the impact of ChatGPT on forensic linguistics

This article contains spoilers for We Solve Murders.

The Conversation · Nov 1, 2024

Emma Ríos's Anzuelo is a beautiful and surreal story of survival and the sea

The Pretty Deadly artist writes and draws the new graphic novel

GamesRadar · Nov 1, 2024

Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024

On Bullfighting by AL Kennedy audiobook review – dances with death

The author confronts her own mortality with candour and crisp humour in this thoughtful exploration of bullfighting

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024

The best recent poetry – review roundup

An Arbitrary Light Bulb by Ian Duhig; What the Earth Seemed to Say by Marie Howe; Collected Poems by Mimi Khalvati; Ceremony for the Nameless by Theresa Lola; Girl by Ruth Padel

The Walrus · Nov 1, 2024

IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets

Every time the names of products or microcelebrities appear in a book, they prick us like a targeted ad

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024

William Boyd: ‘Fantasy is a genre that I cannot abide any more’

The novelist on why he can’t read JRR Tolkien anymore, being hooked on Muriel Spark and obsessed with James Joyce

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton review – woman meets leveret

Burnt out by the London rat race, the writer retreats to the countryside where a chance encounter changes her life

International Business Times · Nov 1, 2024

Shelf-sharing Seeks To Save Bookstores In Japan

"I'm holding an illustrated book of cheeses," says a delighted Tomoyo Ozumi, a customer at a growing kind of bookshop in Japan where anyone wanting to sell their tomes can rent a shelf.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in October

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Gliff by Ali Smith review: a poetic, dystopian puzzlebox

“See what a simple line, a visible mark of the utmost simplicity and cheapness, can do to a populace?” In Ali Smith’s new novel, Gliff, that line is painted in crude bright red around the houses of those the state has deemed “unverified”. It means ostracisation, re-education and worse. It…

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light – Who’s who in the cast of the new Hilary Mantel adaptation?

‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Succession’ stars join the cast for the new episodes of the BBC One historical drama

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2024

African publishing is being revolutionised – report explores trends in six countries

African book publishing is in a rare moment of transformation, according to a new report. It’s an industry that has historically survived at the mercy of multinational publishing houses and donor funding. These arrangements, subject to the dictates of capitalism or aid, have not been sustainable.

Total Film · Oct 31, 2024

Bond star Lashana Lynch explains why she was "actually quite happy" not to work closely with Eddie Redmayne in new cat-and-mouse thriller The Day of the Jackal

Exclusive: The Marvel actor, who executive produced the show, also opens up on the "strange similarities" between her MI6 agent and Redmayne's assassin

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