Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism law The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
If the EU learnt the lessons of the Habsburg empire then Brexit might not have happened, says descendant Exclusive: Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen spoke to The Independent about his family and the EU on a visit to London to celebrate the life of his relative Otto von Habsburg The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2024
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley review – time-travel romance is a sparkling delight The author’s intelligent and witty first novel effortlessly fuses a love story, a mystery and postcolonial narratives The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
London literary life excludes northern writers, prize organisers say Prejudice has meant authors from the north of England struggle to find publishers and their stories go unheard The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
Passiontide by Monique Roffey review – flawed but well-told tale of a feminist uprising The murder of a Japanese tourist on a fictional Caribbean island sparks a rebellion among the local women in an urgent novel mirroring a real-life case The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
Richard Abraham obituary Other lives: History teacher and writer on the leading figures of the Russian revolution The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
The Last Sane Woman by Hannah Regel review – the precariousness of the creative life An aspiring artist who dreams of being successful confronts frustration and failure in an assured debut novel The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
Working from home is all very well – unless your daughter is there too It seems my little girl is happy to forgo toys, paints and cuddles at nursery, so long as it means she can stop me getting down to work The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
In brief: The Accidental Garden; Everything’s Fine; Freakslaw – reviews A delightful horticultural memoir; a witty romance set in the world of investment banking; and a fantastical queer tale of marginalised carnival folk The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
The House of Beckham by Tom Bower review – a sex-obsessed hatchet job The journalist’s supposed exposé of David and Victoria Beckham’s gilded lives is a hilariously bitter hybrid of tabloid gossip, old news and sloppy writing The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
What happened when Françoise Sagan met Brigitte Bardot in 1976 The legendary novelist interviewed the famouse French actor for the Observer – their conversation was not what you might have guessed The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
Tales could be lost to time as rural funding falters Family history projects, arts programs and small hall upgrades have a profound effect in country towns. But a major foundation says funding is hard to come by. AAP · Jun 22, 2024
Jeremy Cooper: ‘My agent strongly advised me against writing fiction’ The former Antiques Roadshow expert and winner of the Fitzcarraldo novel prize doesn’t have a mobile phone and hasn’t watched TV for 25 years. But he loves cinema – and his new novel, Brian, is about one of its lonely devotees The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
The French rose from Manchester: in search of Proust’s forgotten muse The poignant story of the Englishwoman Marie Nordlinger is told in a new book about her life with the writer The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2024 LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misgendered to physically assaulted
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024 Revealed: the secret love story behind the slapstick of author Tom Sharpe The famed writer depicted outrageous antics in Porterhouse Blue and the Wilt novels. But now a new book has uncovered poems inspired by his heartbreak
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession review – a delightful fable The mysteries of everyday existence are thrown into sharp relief by the sudden appearance of a magical mountain
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2024 Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger targeted one of his victims, explosive new theory claims The 29-year-old criminology PhD student was fixated on college student Madison Mogen when he entered the off-campus house, according to a new book.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2024 Pamela Allen on Mr McGee and turning 90: ‘I’ve always known what I’m doing is good’ From Who Sank the Boat? to Alexander’s Outing, Allen’s picture books are beloved. But after losing her husband she’s written a new book to ‘re-establish my sense of worth’
WhatToWatch · Jun 21, 2024 Tracy Beaker creator Jacqueline Wilson gets new BBC show Primrose Railway Children is the latest Jacqueline Wilson story heading to CBBC as the broadcaster makes a string of exciting announcements
Bored Panda · Jun 21, 2024 Victoria Beckham “Punched” David During His Cheating Scandal While She Was Pregnant With Their Son The bombshell book, The House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power, included "filthy" messages that David Beckham sent women during alleged affairs. The post Victoria Beckham “Punched” David During His Cheating Scandal While She Was Pregnant With Their Son first appeared on Bored Panda.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 The hounding of Arundhati Roy shows there’s still no room for dissent in India Some thought the BJP’s reduced majority after recent elections would humble it. Tell that to the Booker prize-winning author, says writer Salil Tripathi
The Conversation · Jun 21, 2024 Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 Brotherless Night is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel, an awakening from tribal loyalties into new-found identity and agency. It is set in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, during the civil war between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese ethnic majority and the country’s Tamil minority. Between 1983 and 2009, this bitter conflict resulted in the deaths…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 The best translated fiction – review roundup Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán; Comrade Papa by GauZ’; The Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo; Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2024 The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith audiobook review – a compelling classic Actor David Menkin deftly captures the antihero’s blend of guilelessness and deceit in Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller