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Zaghari-Ratcliffe left The Handmaid’s Tale in her prison’s ‘secret library’

There have been protests in Iran over laws about what women can wear in public.

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Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song wins the 2023 Booker Prize – but the judges picked the wrong Paul

Six books, three authors called Paul, one £50,000 prize. In the end, Paul Lynch has taken the spoils for his dystopian tale of a totalitarian Ireland – but it doesn’t feel like a winner that will stand the test of time, writes our chief book critic Martin Chilton

The Independent UK

Irish novelist Paul Lynch wins this year's Booker Prize for dystopian story

The Irish novelist won for his fifth book

Evening Standard

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Paul Lynch: From film critic to full-time writer

His fifth novel, Prophet Song, about a tyrannical government won the 2023 Booker Prize.

The Independent UK

Irish author Paul Lynch wins Booker Prize 2023 with Prophet Song

Lynch is the fifth Irish author to win the award.

The Independent UK

Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song

Lynch’s fifth novel, about a young woman trying to make sense of a collapsing society, was announced as the winner of the prestigious literary award at a glittering ceremony in London

The Independent UK

Paul Lynch’s timely Booker winner is a novel written to jolt the reader awake

Prophet Song imagines an Ireland under fascist control, breaking through the it-couldn’t-happen-here complacency of western societies

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‘Soul-shattering’ Prophet Song by Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker prize

The Irish author’s novel set in an imagined Dublin descending into far-right tyranny wins £50,000 prize

The Guardian - UK

In brief: 1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis; America Fantastica; Heritage – review

A history of a turbulent 12 months, our efforts to conserve Britain’s past, plus Tim O’Brien’s first novel in more than 20 years

The Guardian - UK

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride review – sweet solidarity

The novelist and musician’s tale of Black and Jewish Americans uniting against prejudice in the 1930s is deftly plotted, richly characterised and inspiring

The Guardian - UK

Verdant Inferno/A Scabby Black Brazilian by Alberto Rangel/ Jean-Christophe Goddard review – an Amazonian beauty

Two republished titles sharing the same cover – one a Brazilian classic, the other a philosophical blurring of genres – deliver head-spinning insights into life in the rainforest

The Guardian - UK

Royal writer Omid Scobie says he ‘wanted to disappear’ at height of trolling

Commentator says he has ‘really struggled’ while dealing with negative responsed to his royal coverage

The Independent UK

Winner of the Booker Prize for fiction set to be announced in London

The winner of the Booker Prize for fiction will be announced on Sunday

The Independent UK

King Charles' withering two-word response to Harry and Meghan's Netflix series

The King had short but sharp feedback for the pair’s Netflix docuseries

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The Independent UK

William competes with Charles and is desperate to run the royal family, Scobie book claims

Sensational new book from royal journalist Omid Scobie suggests a growing ‘rift’ between Charles and William

Woman & Home

The huge difference between King Charles and Prince William revealed – and how it’ll shape their reigns

A new royal book claims there’s a huge difference between Prince William and King Charles

Salon

When poetry tells us what prose can't

Shelley called poets the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." We need their voices now more than ever

The Independent UK

King Charles ‘was only member of royal family to address Meghan racism row’

Duchess of Sussex previously claimed senior member of the royal family speculated about her son, Archie’s skin colour

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New royal book claims senior royal ‘pushed King Charles to evict Harry and Meghan’

‘Endgame’ by royal commentator Omid Scobie is said to claim one figure was heavily involved in the decsion to move the couple out of Frogmore Cottage

The Independent UK

Meghan claimed two royal household members discussed Archie’s skin colour, according to new book

Duchess of Sussex has previously stated that one royal family member had raised questions about ‘how dark’ her son would be while she was pregnant

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Witches; Ghosts; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – review

The youngsters steal the show in the National’s terrifying gothic Disney Roald Dahl; a fine cast are stranded in Ibsen by candlelight; and a bittersweet fairytale in New York hits the spot

The Guardian - UK

My kids are grappling with language, but I’ve got some new words to learn, too

RIP? MOT? My son wants definitions and I provide them – sometimes accurately

The Guardian - UK

Comfort reading: 10 great books to snuggle up with on a cold day

Page-turners to enjoy when all you want to do is stay indoors

The Guardian - UK

Living the Beatles Legend by Kenneth Womack review – a long and winding roadie’s tale

He saved them from a car crash, snuck them drugs and inspired Let It Be… The detailed story of the Fab Four’s driver, bodyguard and confidant Mal Evans captures Beatlemania up close

The Guardian - US

MTG review: far-right rabble rouser makes case to be Trump’s VP

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s book swims with venom, score-settling, fiction and self-absolution: a very Republican stew

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