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Girl in the Making by Anna Fitzgerald review – an affecting coming-of-age debut

A girl’s childhood is vividly chronicled in this novel of a large family in 1960s and 70s Dublin

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024

When Investing for Retirement, Be Like Rip Van Winkle

Spend 20 years in a stupor, rather than getting anxious about daily stock market fluctuations, and reap the rewards of retirement investment returns adding up.

Kiplinger · Jun 9, 2024

Winner: Observer/Anthony Burgess prize 2024: Oscar Jelley reviews Isabel Waidner

The winning entry for this year’s criticism prize dissects the German-British writer’s latest novel, a work that combines surrealist fantasy and political moralising

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024

From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it?

Even before the events of last week, the party’s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024

Lorrie Moore: ‘I identify with Beth in Little Women, who dies’

The acclaimed American author on the humour, horror and anger in her latest novel, what she would have as her epitaph and the writers she most admires

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024

Key US independence document bore arms of British king

UK expert discovers George III watermark on paper used as 1776 founding document, which is kept in secure vault

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024

Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh: ‘All this solidarity from the world – yet nothing has changed’

The Palestinian human rights lawyer and author Raja Shehadeh talks about his hopes and fears for his homeland, and finding a place of refuge amid the chaos of war

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024

How to make sure you don’t raise toxic sons

As the gender wars become ever more entrenched and politicised, bringing up boys in the post-MeToo era can feel like an impossible task. Ruth Whippman, the author of new parenting manual ‘BoyMom’, tells Helen Coffey why we urgently need to teach young men vulnerability and connection if we want to…

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024

TV tonight: a Swedish psychological thriller about a murky murder

Jana Berzelius is a steely public prosecutor with a mysterious past. Plus: Gabrielle, Yard Act and Jordan Rakei play their new hits. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2024

Book Advances for the Justices in 2023

Gorsuch ($250,000), Kavanaugh ($340,000), Jackson ($893,750).

Reason · Jun 7, 2024