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Judy Blume joins public outcry over Florida bill to ban girls talking about periods in school

The proposed bill is the latest in a series of legislation to transform Florida’s education system

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Christopher Fowler obituary

Author of the Bryant & May detective novels, short stories and essays on forgotten writers – including himself

The Guardian - UK

Great Expectations on BBC One review: even Olivia Colman can’t save this irredeemably awful series

‘I can’t think of an adaptation I’ve hated more’

Evening Standard

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Shashi Deshpande hopes no woman writer is asked THIS question ever

Legendary Indian novelist and feminist writer, Shashi Deshpande was awarded a Lifetime Achievement AutHer Award this year for her timeless contribution to Indian writing in the English language. And in her acceptance speech, Deshpande revealed the one question which she hopes no women writer should be asked.

The Times of India

New Book Uncovers the Forgotten Astronauts Overshadowed by NASA’s Darkest Moment

The book "The New Guys" by author Meredith Bagby shines a spotlight on the history-making astronaut class that flew the NASA Space Shuttle for the first time.

Inverse

Prince George's coronation role sparks 'a bit of an argument' over prominence

Expert and royal commentator, Tom Quinn, has explained that there could be a "bit of an argument" going on over the prominence of Prince George's role in the coronation.

Edinburgh Live

LOCALIZE IT: School library book removal efforts rise

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School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

Longstanding disagreements about content in school libraries often focus this year on books with LGBTQ themes

The Independent UK

King's Coronation role for Prince George sparks 'argument' between William and Kate, expert says

Royal commentator Tom Quinn reckons a "bit of an argument" is going on behind the scenes over exactly what role Prince George will play as anything too major could be too much for the youngster.

Daily Record

Makiya to Asharq Al-Awsat: Bush Wanted an Army to Oust Saddam, an Army to Rebuild Iraq

Kanan Makiya, Iraqi architect and author of the “Republic of Fear” (1989), a best-selling book after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, described the Baathist regime in Iraq as “exceptional” in terms of totalitarian and authoritarian rule in the world. Overthrowing Saddam’s regime in Iraq was a matter of “morality, not…

Asharq Al-Awsat

17 best self-help books for 2023 that are actually worth reading, according to MC Editors

You won't be able to pu these down.

Marie Claire

Sally Rooney takes time off from fiction to bash landlords

Landlords ‘never seem to run out of other people’s money’ says the writer

Evening Standard

Stopping terrorists is like ‘finding needle in a haystack’, Sir Mark Rowley says

‘Tens of thousands’ of people on security services’ radar could pose a threat, Met chief says

The Independent UK

Everyone wanted me to have a literary rival – I got drunk with him instead

I’d been endlessly geed up about the ‘other Belfast novelist’, as if we were obliged to be enemies. I wasn’t having it, says writer Rachel Connolly

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To Battersea Park by Philip Hensher review – fever dreams and dystopias

This four-part journey through life under lockdown is filled with beautiful writing but the ubiquity of the pandemic experience proves hard to ignore

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former French Ambassador to Asharq Al-Awsat: Washington Accused Us of Lying about WMD in Iraq

Former French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, who recently published a remarkable book entitled "The Others Don't Think Like Us," experienced the US invasion of Iraq "first hand." Gourdault-Montagne served as the diplomatic adviser to late French President Jacques Chirac and his representative at the G7 and G20 in the summer of…

Daily Record

Pensioner who lives on just £25 a week has stayed in converted lorry for 30 years

The 70-year-old spends his days writing novels and doesn't have electricity, mains water or central heating.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Seven days in March

In 1961, shortly after John F. Kennedy had been sworn in as president, two journalists, Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey, set to writing a political thriller. It was inspired by the unsettling behavior of two generals, Edwin Walker and Curtis LeMay, both of whom had a history of using…

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The Guardian - UK

Paris: The Memoir review – how a celebrity nymph conquered the Earth

With its dizzying spirituality and devotion to ‘sacred’ skincare, Paris Hilton’s memoir exposes a culture in which the self only exists if validated by a selfie

The Times of India

Barkha Dutt wins AutHer Award 2023 in Best Non-Fiction category

The AutHer Awards 2023 winners were announced at a gala ceremony in New Delhi on March 19, 2023. Eminent journalist Barkha Dutt won the AutHer Award 2023 in Best Non-Fiction category for her book 'To Hell and Back: Humans of COVID'.

The Guardian - UK

‘A billion listens? Is that a lot?’ John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world’s favourite poem

I Wanna Be Yours, a love poem that rhymes Ford Cortina with vacuum cleaner, has been a school text and a wedding staple. But now, thanks to TikTok and Arctic Monkeys, it has gone spectacularly global. So who was it written for?

The National (Scotland)

Second World War investigations which throw light on need for Covid inquiry

WHOSE side are you on? Gary Lineker or the BBC bosses? That was an easy one. Ash or Kate or Humza? Harder. OK, how about Isabel Oakeshott or Matt…

The National (Scotland)

It's time to return to a series which changed a genre

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The National (Scotland)

Our Fathers Fought Franco: How one Lothian coalminer joined the fight against fascism

IN the new book Our Fathers Fought Franco (Luath Press), edited by Willy Maley, four adult children tell the stories of their fathers. Here’s an…

Salon

Where to eat in Brooklyn right now

From Shalom Japan to Rana Fifteen, here's where you need to stop for a bite

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