Travelling by Ann Powers review – a dazzling life of Joni Mitchell A sweeping study of Mitchell’s life and work that swerves familiar touchstones to create a vibrant, multi-faceted portrait The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024
Recent Books on the Constitution My seminar picks for 2024 (and every year since 2005). Reason · Jul 4, 2024
'Why politics really matters' Alastair Campbell is inspiring young people to take a stand His new politics book aimed at 6 - 9 year old is out today GoodToKnow · Jul 4, 2024
Shadows of Winter Robins by Louise Wolhuter review – a masterful mystery that keeps you guessing This writer’s tantalising second novel is packed with marvellous characters, whose unfurling stories examine generational secrets The Guardian - AU · Jul 4, 2024
Women football players in Africa have overcome enormous barriers – new book tells the story Women’s Football in Africa, the first in-depth book on the subject, traces the history of women’s soccer from initially being banned through to today’s growing numbers of fans and broadcasting potential. It’s a story of triumph despite enormous barriers – among them sexism, abuse, homophobia and religion. We asked its… The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024
Alice Munro Was Bigger than Canada Here artists are celebrated by virtue of their nationality. Munro showed me I could escape those tropes The Walrus · Jul 4, 2024
Woman’s Mom Has A Child At 42, Things Take A Devastating Turn When She Learns Who’s The Father The truth—no matter how hurtful—is always preferable to lies. But that still doesn’t take the sting out of it. Learning the truth about the people closest to you can shake the very foundations of your life. The post Woman’s Mom Has A Child At 42, Things Take A Devastating Turn… Bored Panda · Jul 4, 2024
‘100% feminist’: how Eleanor Rathbone invented child benefit – and changed women’s lives for ever She was an MP and author with a formidable reputation, fighting for the rights of women and refugees, and opposing the appeasement of Hitler. Why isn’t she better known today? The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
Rosarita by Anita Desai review – a transcendent late gift This profound and riddling novel follows a young Indian woman’s quest through Mexico to find out more about her mother The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024
New Louis Poulsen book explores the Danish lighting company's illuminating world Louis Poulsen: First House of Light, published by Phaidon, is a new design book delving into the Danish company's world of radiant lighting Wallpaper · Jul 4, 2024
Chris Brookmyre: My new book challenged me unlike any other CHRIS Brookmyre might have written dozens of great Scottish crime novels, but that’s not to say there’s nothing that can offer him a challenge... The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2024
Bride-To-Be Asks Uncle To Walk Her Down The Aisle, Which Leaves His Wife Creeped Out A woman asked her uncle who raised her to "give her away" during her wedding, which caused trouble in his marriage. The post Bride-To-Be Asks Uncle To Walk Her Down The Aisle, Which Leaves His Wife Creeped Out first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Jul 3, 2024
Reese Witherspoon goes picnic chic in frilly blue gingham with timeless jeans Reese's latest Instagram video features sweet blue gingham and classic blue denim Woman & Home · Jul 3, 2024
Goldsmiths ‘determined’ to close Black British literature course, critics say Staff, students and writers criticise decision to issue programme’s co-founder with a redundancy notice The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Jul 3, 2024 Finally, something to be cheerful about in Scottish football A new Scottish football poetry collection could be just what we need after a poor performance at the Euros
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024 ‘The teachers would refer to boys, girls – and you’: trans philosopher Paul B Preciado on reinventing Orlando He was mentored by Jacques Derrida, and his memoir about taking hormones broke new ground. Now, Preciado’s radical cinematic riff on Virginia Woolf’s novel explores a life spent defying the gender binary
The Guardian - AU · Jul 3, 2024 ‘Radical’, ‘a headrush’, ‘insanely clever’: the best Australian books out in July Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
WhatToWatch · Jul 3, 2024 End of Summer: release date, cast, plot and everything we know End of Summer is a Swedish crime drama...
WhatToWatch · Jul 3, 2024 My Lady Jane season 2: everything we know Will My Lady Jane season 2 be riding on to our screens in the future?
WhatToWatch · Jul 3, 2024 As a Harry Potter fan I visited the bookshop in Porto that 'inspired' JK Rowling — here's what I discovered Livraria Lello in Porto is known as the most beautiful bookshop in the world — but it is also surrounded by an urban myth.
The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2024 Georgia lawsuit challenges anti-LGBTQ+ book bans over ‘real harms’ Lawsuit says student and youth groups hurt after teacher was fired for reading My Shadow is Purple to students
Creative Bloq · Jul 3, 2024 “Creativity can be spontaneous”: Designer David Airey shares a career’s worth of insights In his book Identity Designed: The Process, David Airey offers up lessons he’s learned through his career to guide designers through navigating their own work.
The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2024 Cannabis will likely soon be legally classified as medicine. But medicine for what? Experts say the DEA’s rescheduling of cannabis as a medication will be ‘a little bit incoherent’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2024 I Will Crash by Rebecca Watson review – a unique take on sibling torment A woman is haunted by her abusive relationship with her brother in this experimental novel of family trauma and memory
The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2024 What was the 'first American novel'? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started Critics have long debated which books qualify as a ‘Great American Novel