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Women’s Prize for Fiction unveils 2025 shortlist featuring four debut novelists tackling identity, history and self-discovery

The category is dominated by new voices, joined by previous nominees Miranda July and Elizabeth Stout

The Independent UK

Sebastian review – journalist turned sex-worker aims to turn side-hustle into art

Ruaridh Mollica is very good as Max, a freelance writer with a secret app life in prostitution, but Mikko Mäkelä’s film is not clear enough about his motivations

The Guardian - UK

I've read every Reacher book, but this season hasn't hooked me

Not quite floating my boat

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Chatbooks review: Simply great

Chatbooks combines quality with ease of use but lacks advanced design features for its photo books

Tom’s Guide

Why Princess Margaret Called Herself a "Bad-Tempered Old Devil" After "Tearful" Incident

Queen Elizabeth's little sister issued a rare apology after the upsetting situation.

Marie Claire

Bullaun Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘rollicking picaresque’ novel

Irish publisher receives award for small presses for Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the Door

The Guardian - UK

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

Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

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William Wordsworth’s last home is up for sale – returning it to a private residence would be a loss for the UK’s cultural heritage

Until recently, fans of William Wordsworth could visit his final home, Rydal Mount and Gardens, nestled in the heart of England’s green and beautiful Lake District. Renowned as one of the most prominent British poets, the works of Wordsworth (1770-1850) include what is widely regarded as the most famous poem…

The Conversation

Kae Tempest at Village Underground review: spitting bars and radiating trans joy

5/5 An intimate gig allowed the poet and rapper to debut new songs — and a new voice

Evening Standard

70 Years Later, the First Sci-Fi TV Series Is Now Lost to Time

What was the first sci-fi TV show? Here's why 'Captain Video' was important, but also impossible to watch.

Inverse

Children and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

A classic Yeti romp with 28 possible endings, a Blade Runner-style thriller and more adventures on the Thames with Jessie Burton

The Guardian - UK

The 'Fourth Wing' TV Show: Everything We Know About the Series Adaptation

Rebecca Yarros's bestselling romantasy series is getting the Prime Video series treatment.

Marie Claire

Bob Moore obituary

Other lives: Medieval historian at Sheffield and Newcastle universities who wrote influential books on heresy and the roots of intolerance

The Guardian - UK

Margot Robbie’s Wuthering Heights dress is inaccurate, but not because it’s white – an expert explains

The upcoming Wuthering Heights adaptation by Saltburn director Emerald Fennell has courted controversy since it was first announced, with Fennell’s choice of leading lady and man drawing internet critics.

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Woman & Home

Caught ending explained: Who was the killer and is Leo dead?

Another Harlan Coben thriller is riding high on Netflix, and viewers are asking for a deep dive of the intense ending of Caught

The Guardian - UK

How to fight a fascist state – what I learned from a second world war briefing for secret agents

You can forget the advice on disguises, secret codes and spreading propaganda by dropping leaflets in train carriages. But there is something for us all here about the need for action, writes Zoe Williams

The National (Scotland)

UK Government's Prince Andrew 'cover-up' files exposed

THE UK Government has been accused of refusing to release documents about Prince Andrew’s past role as a trade envoy, according to reports ...

The Guardian - AU

Love, actually: how intimacy survives marriage and motherhood

The key isn’t chasing some impossible ideal of passion that never fades but learning to appreciate love in all its evolving forms

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The Guardian - UK

Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler – Jay’s eternal hold

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie

The Guardian - UK

‘Society SUCKS!’ The fanatical diary of a teen scribbler who threw herself into punk

Don’t live like everyone else! Angela Jaeger met every act going in punk, in New York and London – and had crushes on them all. Now 65, she talks us through her thrill-filled diaries

The Guardian - UK

Dag Solstad obituary

Norwegian novelist who sustained a reputation as both seer and comrade for readers and writers for half a century

The Guardian - UK

Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – with a little help from John, Paul, George and Ringo

The Guardian journalist’s tender account of how music became a bridge between him and his autistic son, James, is full of wit and wisdom

The Guardian - UK

Drax of Drax Hall by Paul Lashmar review – forensic exposé of a British dynasty built on slavery

This timely and important book reveals Barbados plantation owner James Drax to be the equal of Robert Clive or Cecil Rhodes in his profiteering from human misery

The Guardian - UK

Of Mice and Men review – a tepid revival of Steinbeck’s dust bowl classic

Sarah Brigham’s new production is beautifully designed but struggles to capture the drama’s claustrophobic tension

The Guardian - UK

Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya review – teenage lives at the crossroads

A night of violence exposes the dynamics of race, masculinity and privilege at play in America’s schools

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