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Five bizarre historic leisure activities to try with friends – from gurning to stereoscopy

Leisure activities flourished in 19th-century Britain, as legislation was passed limiting the length of the working day and working week, giving people more free time. If you’re struggling to know how to spend your own free time this summer, take a leaf out of the Victorians’ book with these strangely…

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'Made in Heaven' makers issue clarification after being called out by author Yashica Dutt for using her work without consent

While 'Made in Heaven' season second is being appreciated for touching upon themes like casteism, physical abuse, colour discrimination, same-sex marriages, author Yashica Dutt claimed that the makers have used her work without consent. Read further on Dynamite news:

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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

A Bird in Winter by Louise Doughty; A Line in the Sand by Kevin Powers; My Husband by Maud Ventura; Case Sensitive by AK Turner; The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin

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Edwardian local press invented the 'middlebrow' with a lively mix of local news, reviews and fiction

As the provincial press has declined in Britain, so too has local arts and cultural criticism. In the 19th and early 20th century, regional newspapers regularly published reviews of theatre productions and a wide variety of books including history, science, travel writing, poetry and fiction.

The Conversation

Sanditon series 3 ‘has nothing do to with Jane Austen’, says expert

‘Heteronormative’ author would never have written a gay love story, claims Professor

Evening Standard

‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school

Digital Public Public Library fights back against rightwing censorship with resource that works through geo-targeting

The Guardian - US

35 Years Later, an Obscure Sci-Fi Prequel Just Got Rewritten in The Best Way Possible

The Isaac Asimov prequel novel 'Prelude to Foundation' was just retconned in a big way in the Apple TV series 'Foundation.' Here's what those changes mean for the show and the books, too.

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The national debate over books has come to West Texas. And librarians are stuck in the middle.

West Texas residents are organizing over their love — or concern — for books. Meanwhile, from Lubbock to Midland and Odessa, librarians are trying to reaffirm libraries’ role as community hubs.

The Texas Tribune

Ayòbámi Adébáyò: ‘I read The Go-Between by LP Hartley and couldn’t stop crying’

The Booker-longlisted Nigerian author on the elementary appeal of Sherlock Holmes, crying with LP Hartley and the joys of rereading

The Guardian - UK

The teenager explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

The Week

Georgia school board fires teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity

A Georgia school board has voted to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class

The Independent UK

Sanditon season 3 on ITVX review: all good fun but this particular Austen lemon has now been squeezed dry

As ever, the costumes steal the costume drama in the show that takes Jane Austen’s last, incomplete novel and runs with it

Evening Standard

Queen Elizabeth reportedly told Kate Middleton to ‘get a proper job’

Late royal was reportedly once concerned by Princess of Wales’ nickname ‘The Queen of Mustique’

The Independent UK

The Blind Side author speaks out amid Michael Oher lawsuit

Former NFL star, whose story inspired the 2009 Sandra Bullock-led sports drama, is suing the real-life Tuohy family

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Reader escapes fine after returning book 86 years late: ‘Little glimpse back in time’

‘A real treasure. I want to smell it,’ one follower admitted

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

The Guardian - US

Michael Lewis says Hollywood is to blame for Blind Side adoption row

Michael Lewis, the author of The Blind Side, has defended the family at the heart of the book over allegations they deceived former NFL player Michael Oher.

The Guardian - AU

The Sitter by Angela O’Keeffe review – separating the wife from the artist

This compelling and playful novel is narrated from beyond the grave by Marie-Hortense Fiquet Cézanne, wife and frequent subject of the French painter

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A mushroom cook and her killer family lunch that left three dead: The mysterious case gripping Australia

A bizarre case has enthralled people all across the globe – involving mushroom poisoning, a series of deaths, a tearful interview and now reports of a past mystery illness. Tara Cobham and Bevan Hurley report

The Conversation

Six books to read this Women In Translation month – recommended by our experts

Only a third of books translated into English are by women authors. August is Women in Translation month, which hopes to address this imbalance by getting more people reading and buying – and publishers translating – books by women. In a bid to do our part we asked a few…

Evening Standard

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies: who’s playing who in the BBC’s thrilling new con artist show

It’s going to get messy

The Hindu

Read, exchange, meet up; all for Hyderabad’s love of reading

Three initiatives - Hyderabad Book Club, book exchange idea by Ofen cafe in association with Turn the Page book club and Die Hard Book Readers are avenues for book lovers to come together, discuss, and share books.

The Independent UK

Critics angry after spotting ‘gross misrepresentation’ of reviews on Jordan Peterson book cover

Writers have pointed out the creative use of their words on the paperback cover of YouTube professor’s book

The Guardian - UK

Dust by Jay Owens review – the stuff that surrounds us

Dust is everywhere, but it’s so much more than a mere nuisance, as this eye-opening account shows

Sports Illustrated

‘Blind Side’ Author Weighs in on Michael Oher-Tuohy Family Controversy

The former NFL offensive lineman alleged in a court document that the family never officially adopted him and withheld money from him.

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