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Britney Spears hits out after negative comments about her new memoir

‘Hopefully I can enlighten people who feel particularly alone in most cases or hurt or misunderstood,’ Spears says

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Britney Spears criticises ‘dumb and silly’ press coverage of her memoir

Singer says on social media that she didn’t mean ‘to offend anyone’ with her new tell-all book The Woman in Me

The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2023

The game is afoot: BBC goes crazy for Sherlock Holmes creator Conan Doyle with two new shows

Lucy Worsley will examine Arthur Conan Doyle's fraught relationship with his most famous creation, and one of his ghost stories will be dramatised with Kit Harington this Christmas

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2023

Middle East war is the price of Netanyahu’s history with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies made Hamas stronger and weakened those who want a two-state solution for Palestine. Polls show Netanyahu’s support is cratering. The president of the U.S. should stay far away.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 20, 2023

Could Cyrus Broacha become an overnight film star?

Cyrus may be seen in a feature film that will probably be released before the year is out, and his wife thought that in case he became an overnight film star, (the likelihood is 7%), he needed to do an image makeover. Her exact words, “You are too ugly and…

The Hindu · Oct 20, 2023

Natalie Haynes: ‘I couldn’t stop reading Stephen King - even at the top of the Eiffel Tower’

The author and comedian on drawing comedic inspiration from Juvenal, finding clarity in Homer, and the comic strips she loved as a teenager

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

Yagna Balaji on her first writers’ retreat

Journalist and writer Yagna Balaji looks back at a five-day programme in Goa

The Hindu · Oct 20, 2023

For author Haruki Murakami, reading fiction helps us 'see through lies' in a world divided by walls

Japanese author Haruki Murakami says he is torn by the conflict in Israel since he has Jewish friends but understands that the situation of the Palestinians is dire

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Britney Spears memoir ‘accidentally leaked in Mexico’ ahead of official release date

Spears’s forthcoming memoir is scheduled for release on 24 October

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Germany must face its issues over Israel and the past. Silencing a Palestinian author won’t help

The Frankfurt book fair’s cancelling of an award ceremony for Adania Shibli shows the risks of imposing one narrative on our cultural space, says Berlin-based journalist and author Hanno Hauenstein

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023