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Blessed are the cheesemakers: University of Leeds acquires oldest surviving book about British cheese

16th-century ‘pamflyt compiled of cheese’ offers a comprehensive survey of British varieties – and their dubious medical benefits

The Guardian - UK

Republican senator reads explicit passages from LGBT+ memoirs in misleading stunt at book ban hearing

Neither of the books are shelved in library children’s sections in John Kennedy’s state

The Independent UK

Tobias Hill obituary

Novelist and poet who was intrigued by what lay beneath the surface of things and whose fiction often had London at its heart

The Guardian - UK

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Porn addicts, vicars, madmen and murderers: Sarah Ogilvie on the Oxford English Dictionary’s unlikely writers

In a 70-year crowdsourcing project, a motley global public sent in the words and definitions that would form the first OED. Ogilvie reveals the shocking stories behind the book’s birth

The Guardian - UK

Christine Blasey Ford to release memoir detailing Kavanaugh testimony

Book, to be published in March, will share ‘riveting new details’ on lead-up to Senate testimony and ‘its overwhelming aftermath’

The Guardian - US

Wildcat review – Ethan Hawke directs daughter in mediocre literary biopic

Maya Hawke makes for an unconvincing Flannery O’Connor in an obvious, misfiring drama that takes big creative swings but mostly misses

The Guardian - US

The Identity Trap by Yascha Mounk review – ‘PC gone mad’ revisited

A befuddled takedown of progressive thought

The Guardian - UK

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My Brilliant Career to be adapted into a pop-rock musical as part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2024 lineup

‘Joyful’ new show to cap off MTC season also featuring Pulitzer-winning plays Topdog/Underdog and English, and a ‘fresh take’ on A Streetcar Named Desire

The Guardian - AU

Grimes says Elon Musk was ‘clueless’ about why she was upset by C-section photo

Revelation comes from a new biography about the Tesla founder

The Independent UK

Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after resuming talk show despite strike

Barrymore has been removed as host for this year’s ceremony, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began

The Independent UK

Beasts of England by Adam Biles review – Animal Farm for the post-Brexit era

This lively sequel to Orwell’s farmyard satire skewers the dysfunction of the past decade, from sleaze and xenophobia to the pandemic and fake news

The Guardian - UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Weirdo by Sara Pascoe and The Seventh Son by Sebastian Faulks.

The Independent UK

Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after her talk show resumes during strike

The TV host has resumed production of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show,’ drawing the ire of striking members of the Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild.

Chicago Sun-Times

Giannoulias, Durbin push back against book bans at Capitol Hill hearing as GOP senators urge parents to ‘speak up’

The heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with testimony from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, put on display the national clash over library book bans.

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The Independent UK

National Book Awards drop Drew Barrymore as host after her talk show resumes despite strike

The National Book Awards have dropped Drew Barrymore as the host for this year’s ceremony, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began

The Guardian - US

‘Authoritarian regimes ban books’: Democrats raise alarm at Senate hearing

Spotlight on partisan split of issue as Republicans push for works to be taken out of schools and libraries

The Guardian - US

Pulitzer prizes expand eligibility requirements to include non-US citizens

Board will now consider permanent residents of the US and those who have made it their ‘longtime primary home’

The Independent UK

Virginia library faces potential shutdown over funding after children's books are challenged

A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children’s books that expose readers to gay, lesbian and transgender characters

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The Independent UK

Book Review: 'Elon Musk' offers a revealing but not surprising portrait of tech mogul

Biographer Walter Isaacson offers a revealing but not that surprising portrait of Elon Musk in his biography of the tech billionaire

The Conversation

Daniel Khalife: escapes are just one symptom of a failing prison system

Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel Khalife, there will no doubt be an inquiry into the prison system and how an inmate managed to apparently strap himself to a van and be driven out under the noses of prison security. But whether another inquiry prompted by a prison…

The Guardian - UK

Big Panda author using proceeds to set up animal sanctuary in Swansea

Exclusive: James Norbury says he is fulfilling pledge made after his debut book landed him a six-figure deal

The Conversation

African Literature in the Digital Age: new book traces the role of the internet, queers and class

The first book-length study of digital literature in Africa has attracted a lot of academic attention. African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Kenya and Nigeria considers the role of the internet and new media in finding and shaping new audiences for literature.…

The Independent UK

Elon Musk ‘hardly remembers’ his own ‘demon-like’ episodes, biographer claims

Walter Isaacson told Morning Joe Mr Musk has ‘many personalities’

The Guardian - UK

Eight things we learned from the Elon Musk biography

Widespread access to world’s richest man allowed biographer Walter Isaacson to detail a number of illuminating anecdotes

Evening Standard

Hadley Freeman: ‘Cancel culture is worse for women — it’s disgraceful’

The author and journalist left The Guardian last year citing an ‘atmosphere of fear’ around gender issues. She tells Katie Strick about her fight for freedom of speech, her new book and why she refuses to be silenced

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