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Man in rare book heist sentenced after stealing $216,000 worth of manuscripts from UCLA library

He typically traveled to China within days of the thefts, according to federal prosecutors

The Independent UK · Jul 9

Adrian Hoare obituary

Other lives: School teacher whose passion for communicating the past extended beyond the classroom

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9

I Loved Netflix's The Perfect Couple, And Reviews Say Elin Hilderbrand's New Peacock Series Is Even Better

Jennifer Garner leads a superb cast.

Cinemablend · Jul 9

Rachel Roddy’s homage to Michèle Roberts’ recipe for chicken saute with tomatoes and mushrooms

This Napoleonic classic is all too often overcomplicated, but this ode to the French-British author’s version is both simple and stunning

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9

Quote of the day by Fyodor Dostoevsky: 'What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love'

Fyodor Dostoevsky posited that the inability to love results in deep suffering. His literary works, infused with his personal struggles and time in prison, delve into this theme. The notion of hell as an internal fracture feels particularly relevant in today's world, where virtual interactions often lack true empathy and…

The Times of India · Jul 8

Service by Lauren Mooney review – a very modern ghost story

The chills are genuinely spooky in this haunted-house tale about contemporary precarity – a debut that speaks to our times

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

42 lost pages of a 1,500-year-old Bible manuscript were found hidden inside other books after 800 years

For centuries, fragments of an ancient biblical manuscript existed only as scattered pieces hidden inside the bindings of later books. What appeared to be ordinary reused parchment gradually revealed traces of a much older text, belonging to one of the earliest surviving copies of the Letters of St Paul. A…

The Times of India · Jul 8

Inside Houston’s 1970 School Strike

Texas poet's new book gives Houston's "huelga" school movement iconic verses, images, and voices.

Texas Observer · Jul 7

Tradwives and ‘anti-woke’ backlash: can Netflix reboot Little House on The Prairie for a new generation?

After the classic series became a pandemic-era smash, a glossy new adaptation aims to explore the complexities of frontier life

The Guardian - US · Jul 7

Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian author of Women Without Men, dies at 80

The revered writer and political exile’s publisher says her ‘legacy in literary history can’t be compared to anyone else’s’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7