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OPINION - Dylan Jones: Attacks on David and Victoria Beckham fail for this simple reason

Last week was Beckham week, although I’m not sure it actually was. Not really. Tom Bower’s hatchet job on David and Victoria Beckham had been promised for ages, and I know that many journalists were looking forward to it. After his successfully skewering of the likes of Mohamed Al-Fayed, Conrad…

Evening Standard

Trainspotting’s Irvine Welsh weighs in on trans debate and JK Rowling

Scottish author reportedly ‘loathes’ the treatment of Harry Potter author Rowling after her controversial comments about trans rights

The Independent UK

From Tangerine Dream to cult PlayStation hits, eight books chronicling the art of noise and play

We explore eight titles that get under the skin of music history, technological evolution and the art and experience of digital culture

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I've written a book about witch trials and Suranne Jones got this vital point spot on

Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials got right to the heart of the story

WhatToWatch

EasyJet issues apology after flight takes off without three stranded wheelchair passengers

EasyJet said the three wheelchair users that did not board in Belfast will be compensated

The Independent UK

Derek Birdsall obituary

Graphic designer and typographer who was the art director of Nova and the Independent magazine

The Guardian - UK

Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy

Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism law

The Guardian - UK

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If the EU learnt the lessons of the Habsburg empire then Brexit might not have happened, says descendant

Exclusive: Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen spoke to The Independent about his family and the EU on a visit to London to celebrate the life of his relative Otto von Habsburg

The Independent UK

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley review – time-travel romance is a sparkling delight

The author’s intelligent and witty first novel effortlessly fuses a love story, a mystery and postcolonial narratives

The Guardian - UK

London literary life excludes northern writers, prize organisers say

Prejudice has meant authors from the north of England struggle to find publishers and their stories go unheard

The Guardian - UK

Passiontide by Monique Roffey review – flawed but well-told tale of a feminist uprising

The murder of a Japanese tourist on a fictional Caribbean island sparks a rebellion among the local women in an urgent novel mirroring a real-life case

The Guardian - UK

Richard Abraham obituary

Other lives: History teacher and writer on the leading figures of the Russian revolution

The Guardian - UK

The Last Sane Woman by Hannah Regel review – the precariousness of the creative life

An aspiring artist who dreams of being successful confronts frustration and failure in an assured debut novel

The Guardian - UK

In brief: The Accidental Garden; Everything’s Fine; Freakslaw – reviews

A delightful horticultural memoir; a witty romance set in the world of investment banking; and a fantastical queer tale of marginalised carnival folk

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Working from home is all very well – unless your daughter is there too

It seems my little girl is happy to forgo toys, paints and cuddles at nursery, so long as it means she can stop me getting down to work

The Guardian - UK

The House of Beckham by Tom Bower review – a sex-obsessed hatchet job

The journalist’s supposed exposé of David and Victoria Beckham’s gilded lives is a hilariously bitter hybrid of tabloid gossip, old news and sloppy writing

The Guardian - UK

What happened when Françoise Sagan met Brigitte Bardot in 1976

The legendary novelist interviewed the famouse French actor for the Observer – their conversation was not what you might have guessed

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Tales could be lost to time as rural funding falters

Family history projects, arts programs and small hall upgrades have a profound effect in country towns. But a major foundation says funding is hard to come by.

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Jeremy Cooper: ‘My agent strongly advised me against writing fiction’

The former Antiques Roadshow expert and winner of the Fitzcarraldo novel prize doesn’t have a mobile phone and hasn’t watched TV for 25 years. But he loves cinema – and his new novel, Brian, is about one of its lonely devotees

The Guardian - UK

The French rose from Manchester: in search of Proust’s forgotten muse

The poignant story of the Englishwoman Marie Nordlinger is told in a new book about her life with the writer

The Independent UK

LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves

Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misgendered to physically assaulted

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the secret love story behind the slapstick of author Tom Sharpe

The famed writer depicted outrageous antics in Porterhouse Blue and the Wilt novels. But now a new book has uncovered poems inspired by his heartbreak

The Guardian - UK

Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession review – a delightful fable

The mysteries of everyday existence are thrown into sharp relief by the sudden appearance of a magical mountain

The Independent UK

Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger targeted one of his victims, explosive new theory claims

The 29-year-old criminology PhD student was fixated on college student Madison Mogen when he entered the off-campus house, according to a new book.

The Guardian - AU

Pamela Allen on Mr McGee and turning 90: ‘I’ve always known what I’m doing is good’

From Who Sank the Boat? to Alexander’s Outing, Allen’s picture books are beloved. But after losing her husband she’s written a new book to ‘re-establish my sense of worth’

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