Audiobook of the week: On Women by Susan Sontag – clear-eyed wisdom A polemical collection of the writer’s 70s journalism on feminism read by the voice actor Laurel Lefkow is just as relevant today The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
Matt Haig: ‘I use Winnie-the-Pooh as a pencil sharpener for the mind’ The author on how AA Milne and Emily Dickinson helped him through illness, being inspired by Stephen King and why he thinks Graham Greene is one of the best The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
Want by Gillian Anderson review – let me be your fantasy The star’s compendium of X-rated female wish-fulfilment makes for compelling, if not entirely candid, reading The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
In the footsteps of DH Lawrence: across the Alps from Germany to Italy More than a century on, the route from Konstanz to Como across lakes and Swiss mountains must also contend with traffic, but it still inspires a novel The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
24 Photographs Of Famous Authors That Most People Have Never Seen Unfamous photos of famous writers that gives us a glimpse into their lives. The post 24 Photographs Of Famous Authors That Most People Have Never Seen first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Aug 29, 2024
Margaret Jones obituary Other lives: Illustrator of Welsh folk tales, including a memorable version of The Mabinogion The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
Trump threatens to throw Mark Zuckerberg in prison for life in new book Former president warns the Meta CEO he is being watched closely and will ‘spend the rest of his life in prison’ if he attempts to interfere in the 2024 election The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024
Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane review – atmospheric stories linked by a murderer’s crimes McFarlane’s lyrical follow-up to The Sun Walks Down explores the reverberations of violence, and the stories we tell about crime The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2024
Stray Bullets creator David Lapham makes his EC Comics debut with a gruesome sci-fi shocker 'Ray Gun' is a western-themed horror GamesRadar · Aug 29, 2024
These are the top fringe events at the SNP's 2024 conference THE SNP’s annual conference is set to run from Friday to Sunday in Edinburgh with a major focus on how the party moves forward following a huge… The National (Scotland) · Aug 29, 2024
Rick Turner and Steve Biko were leading liberation thinkers in 1970s South Africa – why their ideas still matter Steve Biko was undoubtedly the most influential South African liberation struggle theorist and activist of the 1970s. Rick Turner was arguably among the most effectual white anti-apartheid activists of the era. Biko espoused black consciousness while Turner was a Marxist philosopher. Biko (30) was murdered by apartheid police in 1977.… The Conversation · Aug 29, 2024
Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings Not even a presidential election is likely to slow the wave of fantasy novels that has been building the past few years The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2024
Melania Trump’s flavourless memoir book cover accused of plagiarism Where’s the personality? Creative Bloq · Aug 29, 2024
Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey review – the Irish diaspora Life in the capital is vividly evoked, in a tale of love and loss spanning four decades The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024 A king’s novels, a great ape and a legendary birthplace – take the Thursday quiz Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2024 Happy and glorious - or a little bit bland? Craig Brown tells all about the Queen, but she remains an enigma. Was the late Queen troubled about the future of the monarchy? This gossipy, lively biography suggests she was.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024 Elaine by Will Self review – all about my mother An extraordinary portrait of a frustrated and furious 1950s American housewife, based on the diaries of Self’s mother
Salon · Aug 28, 2024 We don't abuse our special needs son I sat up in recognition when Gov. Walz was being accused of so-called anger and abuse when the opposite was true
The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024 Decades after Germany’s reunification, views still differ on its cultural divide Letters: Ruth Strassl, born in West Germany, and John Green, who spent several years living in East Germany, respond to an article by Carolin Würfel
GamesRadar · Aug 28, 2024 100 Bullets and Phoenix writers Brian Azzarello and Stephanie Phillips break down their twisty new sci-fi crime saga LIFE Interview | Azzarello and Phillips on the ethics of immortality and more
Tom’s Guide · Aug 28, 2024 How to watch 'Killer Lies: Chasing A True Crime Con Man' online from anywhere Stéphane Bourgoin interviewed over 70 convicted murderers... or so he claimed. Here's how to watch "Killer Lies: Chasing A True Crime Con Man" online from anywhere.
Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2024 Spat breaks out between Liz Truss and author of new book about her on eve of publication ‘I have nothing more to add,’ quipped Sir Anthony Seldon
The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024 Want to feel like a teenager again? Just dig out the books you were forced to read at school All it takes is a few pages of Animal Farm and I’m 14 again, braces on my teeth and longing in my heart
Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2024 OPINION - From Meghan's curtsey to the Queen's odd habits: 21 things we learnt from Craig Brown's new royal book A new biography sees the royal writer turn his attention to the late Queen Elizabeth II. From washing up gloves to old-school selfies, Harriet Addison rounds up the most surprising revelations
The Conversation · Aug 28, 2024 Background For Love by Helen Wolff – a startling tale of romance from a great proponent of translated fiction All publishing can be seen as a kind of translation. Sometimes from one language to another but also from one place to another, one time to another, one reader to another.