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How to Be: Lessons from the Early Greeks by Adam Nicolson review – ancient wisdom for today’s world

A self-help book of sorts, this distillation of pre-Socratic philosophy succeeds in being both populist and profound

The Guardian - UK

Barack Obama speaks up against book bans in the USA

Former President of the USA and author, Barack Obama is an inspiration to many people. Reacting to an increase in the number of books being banned in the US recently, Obama took to social media where he spoke up against it and called the book bans "profoundly misguided".

The Times of India

Wonka Director Explains How The Heck He Got The Idea To Cast Hugh Grant As A Dancing Oompa Loompa

Wonka director Paul King's decision to cast Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa comes from some surprisingly traditional thinking.

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Book Review: Colson Whitehead pens entertaining, uneven sequel to 2021 bestseller 'Harlem Shuffle'

Colson Whitehead is back with a sequel to his 2021 bestseller “Harlem Shuffle.”

The Independent UK

Senior ex-intelligence official warns second Trump term could fatally destabilise US, new book says

EXCLUSIVE: Former Principal Deputy DNI Sue Gordon has said she has doubts that America will reach its 2076 tricentennial anniversary ‘in any recognisable form,’ according to a new book by ex-Trump administration official Miles Taylor

The Independent UK

The Sixth Commandment cast: who's who in the true crime drama

The Sixth Commandment cast — meet the stars in the new BBC drama.

WhatToWatch

London’s local hero: the floating book-seller of King’s Cross

Meet the man bringing literature lovers a curated corner... canalside

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They Eat Our Sweat - new book exposes daily struggles of transport workers in Lagos

Daniel E. Agbiboa’s book They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria explores the world of drivers of minibuses (danfo) and motorcycles (okada) in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria. Agbiboa is assistant professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University. His research…

The Conversation

Micro review: 'MayDay! Maritime Disasters that Shook the World' by Beetashok Chatterjee

Veteran sea captain Beetashok Chatterjee is back with his second book titled, 'MayDay! Maritime Disasters that Shook the World'. This book unveils the captivating narratives behind 13 of the most significant civilian maritime disasters that ever happened.

The Times of India

How Trump may get Cannon booted off case

Trump on Sunday praised Cannon as a "very strong judge" who "loves our country"

Salon

The Essex Serpent author named new chancellor of the University of Essex

Writer and ‘proud Essex girl’ Dr Sarah Perry said she is looking forward to supporting and inspiring students.

The Independent UK

Scott Snyder returns to Dark Spaces with Dungeon a "guttural, stomach churning" new thriller

It's the latest instalment in Snyder and Sherman's horror anthology

GamesRadar

To be or not to be? Discover the new literature unpacking the motherhood dilemma

Post-Roe v Wade, authors are tackling the fraught business of parenthood, says Alex Peake-Tomkinson

Evening Standard

Juliette by Camille Jourdy review – an exquisite story of love and loss in rural France

This gorgeous graphic novel about a woman escaping the pressures of Paris for her home town, and the complications that follow, is a masterpiece

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Fifty Shades writer EL James on why she’s in therapy over self-doubt

‘I have imposter syndrome and knowing I’ve sold 165 million books doesn’t make it easier,’ author said

The Independent UK

The Vatican's next doctrinal guardian defends the book on kissing he wrote as a young priest

Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes

Chicago Tribune

US District Judge James Zagel, ‘Renaissance man’ who presided over some of Chicago’s biggest trials, dies at 82

Longtime U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, the former leader of the Illinois State Police who went on to preside over the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the landmark Family Secrets mob trial, and many other of the area’s biggest cases, died Saturday night after a long illness,…

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge James Zagel, judge in Blagojevich case, dead at 82

The federal judge also was a prosecutor in the Richard Speck case. Zagel died Saturday after a long illness.

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Sarfraz Manzoor says he will use new role to make Luton ‘cool’

Greetings from Bury Park author announces initiatives to ‘bang drum’ for town as he is named chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire

Cinemablend

Britney Spears Shares What People Are Going To Think When They Read Her Book

Britney Spears' memoir The Woman In Me is set to hit shelves, and she knows what people are going to think when they read it.

The Guardian - UK

‘The real deal’: young UK graphic artist nominated for five ‘comic book Oscars’

Unflinchingly depicting her battles with depression, Zoe Thorogood, a 24-year-old from Bradford, has scooped most nominations for this week’s Eisner Awards

The Guardian - UK

Open Throat by Henry Hoke review – inside the mind of a lion king

A puma narrates this humorous experimental novel about humanity’s relationship with animals and nature

The Independent UK

Fifty Shades writer EL James on why she’s in therapy over self-doubt

‘I have imposter syndrome and knowing I’ve sold 165 million books doesn’t make it easier,’ author said

The Guardian - UK

Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner review – playfully surreal dark fable

This uncompromising novel, an acerbic takedown of awards, celebrity and success, is a challenging but rewarding read

The Guardian - UK

It’s in Milan Kundera’s ambiguities and contradictions that we find his truths

The novelist, who died last week, posed questions on identity that resonate to this day

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