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From Rebus to The Responder, it’s time to bury the defective detective

Whether it’s Poirot’s vanity or Nero Wolfe’s agoraphobia, detectives have always had their vices, writes Nick Hilton. But as Inspector Rebus returns to screens for the first time since 2007, should there be a reappraisal of the troubled detective trope?

The Independent UK

Best books about the Second World War to read this year

From memoirs and biographies to historical deep dives into the war’s most brutal battles, these are some of the best books about WWII

Evening Standard

Sabrina's enemies take center stage in The Wicked Trinity - a new one-shot which looks like Archie Comics' take on The Craft

The new T+ rated one-shot focuses on Sabrina's rivals in witchcraft

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Theresa May mocks Liz Truss and Boris Johnson at parliamentary lunch

The former PM has had a humour upgrade

Evening Standard

Tom Davies obituary

Other lives: Fleet Street journalist and author of novels and travel books

The Guardian - UK

Long Island by Colm Tóibín review: A sequel that doesn't fly quite as high

The Seventies! The decade of flares, chevron moustaches and disco. Well forget all that. In Long Island, Colm Tóibín’s sequel to Fifties-set Brooklyn, it’s frosted glass doors, Vietnam protests on the tele and people suddenly trying to give up ciggies after years of carefree chain-smoking that indicate we have skipped…

Evening Standard

‘The Chicano Time Traveler’

Daniel Chacón's short story collection shows how fiction and superstition often mix with reality in the lives of many Chicanos.

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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Hunted by Abir Mukherjee; Bonehead by Mo Hayder; When We Were Silent by Fiona McPhillips; The Mystery of the Crooked Man by Tom Spencer

The Guardian - UK

Hari Kunzru: ‘I am just as enchanted by The Great Gatsby now as when I first read it as an A-level student’

The British novelist on rereading the classics, his teenage love of outsiders, and discovering the brilliance of Anita Brookner

The Guardian - UK

Bridgerton season 3: How did Colin and Penelope leave things?

It’s been two years since TV’s favourite debutantes graced screens

The Independent UK

Author Coco Mellors: ‘I needed from the book something that I needed in my life – a sense of hope’

Blue Sisters, the novelist’s follow-up to her debut Cleopatra and Frankenstein, focuses on death and addiction. She explains how she found her way to a more optimistic story

The Guardian - UK

PEN America, facing criticism over its response to the Mideast war, gathers for annual gala

PEN America gathered Thursday night for its annual gala, a high-profile event raised even higher because some wondered if it would be held at all

The Independent UK

Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée Maya Henry reveals she got an abortion

Maya Henry was in an on-and-off again relationship with Liam Payne from 2019 to 2022

The Independent UK

Caleb Azumah Nelson wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas prize for Small Worlds

Judges describe second novel set between south-east London and Ghana as ‘symphonic’ and ‘viscerally moving’

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Son of Sam serial killer says he uses Anne Frank’s holocaust diary as inspiration

David Berkowitz made the claims as his latest parole board hearing draws closer

The Guardian - AU

Only the Astronauts by Ceridwen Dovey review – playful and deeply moving close encounters

Metal objects launched into space observe perplexing humanity in this wildly inventive novel from the author of Only the Animals

The Conversation

Bridgerton season three – all the usual froth, but a more mature edge as Regency fears of spinsterhood explored

Note this piece contains spoilers for seasons two and three of Bridgerton

Evening Standard

Kanan Gill at QEH review: If this impressive stand-up is any guide Indian comedy is about to go global

This material is both accessible and intellectually ambitious

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Total Film

Netflix hit 3 Body Problem gets renewed until it reaches "epic conclusion" – but the streamer won’t say how many seasons that will take

3 Body Problem is back for "all new episodes"

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Maya Henry Reveals Traumatic Abortion Experience In New Book Release.

Maya Henry opens up about past abortion trauma and relationship with Liam Payne. Her book 'Looking Forward' reflects personal experiences and growth.

Evening Standard

What time is Netflix releasing Bridgerton series three in the UK?

Iffy reviews unlikely to put off fans of Julia Quinn’s adapted series

The Guardian - UK

All Fours by Miranda July review – larger than life

The author and film-maker explores dance, desire, mortality and transcendence on a wild autofictional journey

The Guardian - US

How US schools became a political battleground: ‘These are proxies for a bigger clash in society’

In They Came for the Schools, Mike Hixenbaugh looks at how a conservative agenda caused conflict in his Texas school system

The Independent UK

Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious ‘Little Black Book’ goes up for auction

The late pedophile kept names, phone numbers and addresses of multiple high-profile people contained in the book, bidding for which is now live

Inverse

Netflix's Most Ambitious Sci-Fi Show Is Getting Even Bigger

The epic timeline of '3 Body Problem' will be fully explored. The series has been renewed for additional seasons on Netflix. Here's what that means for Season 2.

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