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Viola’s Room review – Punchdrunk’s gothic tale of puzzling wonder

Helena Bonham Carter narrates as a bare-footed audience explore exquisite rooms in this unsettling, grief-soaked journey into the night

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

The ES Shopping Shortlist: What to shop, see and know in June 2024

The hot-off-the-press launches and dazzling shopping newness to know this month

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024

Salman Rushdie to be subject of documentary inspired by memoir Knife

Alex Gibney-directed film, based on Rushdie’s memoir, will cover his physical and spiritual healing after 2022 attack

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024

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‘Getting fired broke something in me’: how overachiever Jennifer Romolini gave up on ambition

The author of Ambition Monster on ascending through the New York media world to blingy startups – and crashing to earth

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024

Brutalist Plants: this pocket picture book is perfectly formed, but puts style over substance

To take the frictionless, scrolling pixels from Instagram and reproduce them in the physical world as a tactile, tablet-sized, small object of desire, is a curious concept. But the recently published book, Brutalist Plants, does just that, as its contents are derived from author Olivia Broome’s Instagram account.

The Conversation · Jun 3, 2024

The nuclear volcano’s about to blow! Can Michael Crichton score an explosive hit from beyond the grave?

From Jurassic Park to Westworld, he was king of the sciency disaster novel. But Crichton died before finishing Eruption. Who could possibly complete it? Fellow thriller legend James Patterson explains why he took up the baton

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

‘They’re a mystery’: inside the deadly world of serial killer truckers

A shocking new book sheds light on the many long-hauler killers in the US who operate close to many Americans yet remain dangerously undetected

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024

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A group of "dorky demon fighters" face the forces of darkness in Youth Group - a new horror comedy that's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"

It's written by Jordan, Jesse, Go! co-host Jordan Morris

GamesRadar · Jun 3, 2024

Queenie on Channel 4 review: this adaptation of the hit novel still brings the magic

Candice Carty-Williams’ show has its flaws, but it really excels in its moments of gentle intimacy

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024

OPINION - Alan Edwards: I worked with David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Who and this is what I learnt

As a child I was a keen reader of adventure books, but I could never have imagined then that I’d write one, let alone be the central character.

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024

‘His greatness was matched by his kindness’: remembering John Burnside

Writers Andrew O’Hagan, Sarah Perry and more pay tribute to the celebrated Scottish poet, novelist and memoirist, who died last week aged 69

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

OPINION - Dylan Jones: Fossil Free Books are acting like teenagers — leave Hay Festival alone

The Hay Festival finished last night. The previous week it was blackmailed into ditching one of its sponsors, the wealth management group Baillie Gifford. A climate divestment activist group, Fossil Free Books, asked writers attending Hay to de-platform themselves in protest at Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship, because it invests two per…

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024

The reich stuff – what does Trump really have in common with Hitler?

Comparisons between the ex-president and the 20th-century Nazi leader are controversial but a new book says they resemble each other as political performance artists

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2024

Charles Spencer says schoolmaster he accuses of abusing him as a boy lives near his home

Younger brother of late Princess Diana speaks at Hay Festival about memoir A Very Private School

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

Poem of the week: Duty Surviving Self-Love by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

This austere reflection on lost friendships was written in the poet’s later years as he fought opium addiction

Bored Panda · Jun 3, 2024

Woman Is Disturbed To Find BF’s Hidden ‘Trophies’, Internet Urges Her To Run

In some cases, you can uncover something so disturbing about your partner that it makes you question everything you know about them. The post Woman Is Disturbed To Find BF’s Hidden ‘Trophies’, Internet Urges Her To Run first appeared on Bored Panda.

Marie Claire · Jun 3, 2024

The hottest accessory this summer? A book

6 new books to satisfy your wanderlust

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield review – how to make an exhibition of yourself

The former best friend of convicted fraudster Inigo Philbrick turns the exciting world of art into a series of gauche boasts in this story of their career as dealers

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

My First Book by Honor Levy; Brat: A Ghost Story by Gabriel Smith reviews – audacious darlings of the digital age

Pitch-dark cynicism meets a spooky coming-of-age story in these promising debuts by two ‘alt lit’ proteges

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

Franz Kafka letter shows author’s anguished struggle with writer’s block

Letter to friend and publisher Albert Ehrenstein, to be auctioned in June, details struggle to write at time of tuberculosis diagnosis

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany

From plant names to notions of native species, many aspects of the natural world are shaped by empire. We need to decolonise, says the author of a new book – but not all experts agree

The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2024

The US librarian who sued book ban harassers: ‘I decided to fight back’

After Amanda Jones got death threats for speaking out against censorship, she sued her attackers and wrote a memoir

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Private Rites by Julia Armfield review – familial conflict before the final days

Three sisters attempt to deal with their father’s death as the end of the world draws near in an evocative novel about sibling rivalry

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

‘A sign of hope’: why weeds are finally being embraced by gardeners

Species once viewed as a threat are undergoing a horticultural reassessment and being hailed for their resilience and beauty across the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Tate director Maria Balshaw: ‘I still come into work feeling terrified’

The art gallery boss on the role of museums today, the politics of sponsorship and how Cornelia Parker influenced her decision-making

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