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OPINION - Dylan Jones: Fossil Free Books are acting like teenagers — leave Hay Festival alone

The Hay Festival finished last night. The previous week it was blackmailed into ditching one of its sponsors, the wealth management group Baillie Gifford. A climate divestment activist group, Fossil Free Books, asked writers attending Hay to de-platform themselves in protest at Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship, because it invests two per…

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024

The reich stuff – what does Trump really have in common with Hitler?

Comparisons between the ex-president and the 20th-century Nazi leader are controversial but a new book says they resemble each other as political performance artists

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024

Charles Spencer says schoolmaster he accuses of abusing him as a boy lives near his home

Younger brother of late Princess Diana speaks at Hay Festival about memoir A Very Private School

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024

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Poem of the week: Duty Surviving Self-Love by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

This austere reflection on lost friendships was written in the poet’s later years as he fought opium addiction

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

The hottest accessory this summer? A book

6 new books to satisfy your wanderlust

Marie Claire · Jun 3, 2024

All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield review – how to make an exhibition of yourself

The former best friend of convicted fraudster Inigo Philbrick turns the exciting world of art into a series of gauche boasts in this story of their career as dealers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

My First Book by Honor Levy; Brat: A Ghost Story by Gabriel Smith reviews – audacious darlings of the digital age

Pitch-dark cynicism meets a spooky coming-of-age story in these promising debuts by two ‘alt lit’ proteges

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

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Franz Kafka letter shows author’s anguished struggle with writer’s block

Letter to friend and publisher Albert Ehrenstein, to be auctioned in June, details struggle to write at time of tuberculosis diagnosis

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany

From plant names to notions of native species, many aspects of the natural world are shaped by empire. We need to decolonise, says the author of a new book – but not all experts agree

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

The US librarian who sued book ban harassers: ‘I decided to fight back’

After Amanda Jones got death threats for speaking out against censorship, she sued her attackers and wrote a memoir

The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2024

Private Rites by Julia Armfield review – familial conflict before the final days

Three sisters attempt to deal with their father’s death as the end of the world draws near in an evocative novel about sibling rivalry

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

‘A sign of hope’: why weeds are finally being embraced by gardeners

Species once viewed as a threat are undergoing a horticultural reassessment and being hailed for their resilience and beauty across the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Tate director Maria Balshaw: ‘I still come into work feeling terrified’

The art gallery boss on the role of museums today, the politics of sponsorship and how Cornelia Parker influenced her decision-making

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Where to buy second hand books: Top online stores to shop for quality and price

Feed your literary addiction with sustainable purchases

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Growing sponsorship row leaves UK summer arts festivals in turmoil

Book festivals and events still sponsored by Baillie Gifford to meet investment firm amid row over funding

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher; Italy Reborn by Mark Gilbert reviews – the long path to prosperity

Fletcher’s epic and witty study unearths the history of the Roman roads and their hold on our imagination, while Gilbert celebrates Alcide De Gasperi, the postwar Christian Democrat politician whose passion for democracy energised a country scarred by war and Mussolini

The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2024

With youth suicide rates rising in Queensland, parents who have lost children are speaking out

Suicide is now the leading cause of death for those aged 10–17 in the state, amid a ‘rising mental health crisis’ in Australia

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2024

Can you write about an ex-husband who betrayed you? The fraught ethics of writing about real people

When a writer holds the power of the narrative, what moral compass guides them through the ethical issues of writing ‘true stories’?

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Rose Tremain: ‘Sex scenes are like arias in opera. They have to move the story forwards’

The bestselling author on how to avoid reader indifference, the advantage of writing historical stories and why she returns to Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates again and again

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Filthy lucre is everywhere, but book festivals are an easy target for protesters’ fury

Hay and Edinburgh forgo pragmatism in turning their backs on the Baillie Gifford fund

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

‘He had a sarcastic turn of phrase’: discovery of 1509 book sheds new light on ‘father of utilitarianism’

Unearthed notes owned by the renowned philosopher Jeremy Bentham reveal the roots of his influential ethics

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

A century after his death, Kafka still sums up our surreal world

A sneak preview of a new exhibition about him sends shivers down my spine

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

‘I miss my solitude’: Booker winner Paul Lynch says he is a ‘social introvert’

Author of novel Prophet Song about an imagined fascist Ireland tells Hay audience he is not a political writer

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024

‘She’s not telling the truth about war crimes’: US official resigns over Gaza war and hits out at boss Samantha Power

Alex Smith, a US official who quit his role at the US Agency for International Aid this week, hit out at the head of the agency Samantha Power for failing to call out Israel for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

Jon Ronson: ‘It’s getting harder to be optimistic’

The writer and broadcaster, 57, on tracking down stories, holding grudges, feeling happiest when he’s at work – and looking for the connections that bring us together

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