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What is Nudge Theory? Why This 15-Year-Old Idea is Still Controversial

It’s been 15 years since a particular concept of behavioural science went mainstream. But does it actually work as expected, or was data cherry-picked?

Inverse

Richard Osman reveals he was rejected by MI6: ‘If I have a secret, I tell everybody’

‘I would have been terrible,’ says author

The Independent UK

Single minded: people with public lives on the pleasures of solitude

Joe Lycett likes to get into nature, chef Ravinder Bhogal strolls around her local area, Kirsty Wark heads for a Scottish loch… Nine famous faces reveal how they like to spend time when they’re on their own

The Guardian - UK

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Beasts of England by Adam Biles review – timely successor to Animal Farm

Set in a petting zoo, this political fable for post-Brexit times is a stark portrait of an isolated, bankrupted community

The Guardian - UK

Stephen King's "Christine" turns 40

Hosts of "The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast" and "Don't Push Pause" help plead a case for this chaotic film

Salon

His friend’s murder rocked Hua Hsu’s life – and made him the person he is today

Twenty-five years after the senseless killing of his friend, the author and journalist finally feels a sense of peace

The Guardian - UK

Henley Literary Festival 2023 preview: Theresa May, Sebastian Faulks and what else to see

Louis Chilton rounds up some of the highlights of the 10-day festival, including events featuring poets, authors, sportspeople, musicians, journalists and chefs

The Independent UK

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‘Wife, children, best friend all gone’: Diaries reveal Steinbeck’s darkest year

Many unpublished journals detailing the depression of the American author are up for auction in New York

The Guardian - UK

Met chief ‘dismissed child safety warnings’ in wake of Baby P case, says former detective

Bernadette Murray, who worked in wake of scandal, said her concerns about police database failures were dismissed by Sir Mark Rowley in 2012

The Guardian - UK

Printer’s Row Lit Fest brings lovers of the written word together: ‘It’s just inspiration’

The five-block festival features panels on writing and book bans, live music performances and the opportunity to buy books from local authors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Whose line is it anyway?

Ghost writing offers a chance to embrace anonymity, detach from outcomes, and midwife social change. Rewards are not overwhelming, but fame and opulence are unlikely. Ghost writers can find satisfaction in their work.

The Hindu

Liz Truss to offer lessons from her time in government in book

Liz Truss has said she wants to “share the lessons” from her time in government as she writes a book recounting her tumultuous 49 days as prime…

The National (Scotland)

Olga Ravn: ‘Learning how to love a child isn’t something that happens in a second’

The Danish author on her new hybrid novel about maternal ambivalence, her debt to Doris Lessing, and attempting to read Freud aged 10

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Naomi Klein’s cultural highlights

The Canadian author and activist on the self-deprecating comedy of Mae Martin, a mind-altering memoir, and the singer she drove miles to see live

The Guardian - UK

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The Week

Mohamed Al Fayed: the ebullient entrepreneur who acquired Harrods

“If the novelists P.G. Wodehouse, Jackie Collins and Naguib Mahfouz had been asked to pool their creative talents, they would have struggled to invent a character as bold and controversial as Mohamed Al Fayed,” said Andrew Anthony in The Observer.

The Times of India

'Realizations of a Yogi' by AiR-Atman in Ravi launched by actor Malaika Arora

The new book of revered spiritual mentor, transformational author and philanthropist, AiR - Atman in Ravi was launched by actor Malaika Arora at the Leela Palace in Bengaluru on the 5th of September.

The Guardian - AU

What women want when they pay for sex: ‘Just kindness’

In his four years as a sex worker, Dan Moon saw women whose needs were more than physical. He brought a listening ear – and an open heart – which led to him ‘falling in care’ with his clients

The Guardian - UK

Uncorrected Harry Potter proof found at primary school sold in ‘fairytale’ auction

Rare copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone featuring ‘JA Rowling’ typo sold to local museum in Oxfordshire

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The Independent UK

Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement

Poet Rita Dove is this year's winner of an honorary National Book Award for “Distinguished Contribution to American Letters,” a lifetime achievement prize previously given to Toni Morrison and Don DeLillo among others

The Independent UK

Stephen King says wife threatened to leave him over ‘Mambo No 5’

Horror author recalled how he ‘had the dance mix’ and would ‘play both sides of it’ to his wife’s annoyance

Evening Standard

Stop moralising about British history, Zadie Smith tells fans

She also spoke about abstaining from social media and recording the audiobook of her new novel

The Guardian - UK

I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel audiobook review: existential envy

The author narrates her own brisk tale of a thirtysomething’s caustic coveting of status, sex and wealth with a winningly dispassionate style

The Guardian - UK

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar; Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis; The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord; Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy; The Land of Lost Things by John Connolly

The Walrus

The Best Books of Fall 2023

An eclectic list featuring the season’s most compelling new novels, nonfiction, and poetry, as curated by The Walrus

The Guardian - UK

Preti Taneja: ‘My mother dedicated her book to me and it made me want to be a writer’

The Gordon Burn prize winner on Salman Rushdie’s resonant stories, alpha masculinity in American Psycho, and why she started creative writing classes

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