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"When Dahmer hit the news I thought, ‘I have a lot of stuff to work with here!'" Tom Araya explains Slayer's fascination with serial killers

Ever wondered why there are so many Slayer songs about serial killers? Vocalist Tom Araya unpicks the band's grisly preoccupation

Metal Hammer · Jul 30, 2023

The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time review – Sheffield in the shadow of Peter Sutcliffe

Catherine Taylor’s account of her youth – haunted by the Yorkshire Ripper case and isolated by political activism – is a lyrical study of how place shapes character

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Paris booksellers angry at plans to ‘hide’ their stalls during Olympics

About 60% of bouquinistes along the Seine River will be moved on during the Games next year for security reasons

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

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Modi is fulfilling Kalam’s suggestions for the country’s development: Amit Shah

The Hindu · Jul 29, 2023

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan: ‘The culture of disordered eating and dieting is still thriving’

The American writer on her debut novel about weight and womanhood set in 90s Harlem, how her mother’s Black feminist books changed her life and writing a work of hip-hop magic realism

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

On my radar: Liv Little’s cultural highlights

The novelist and gal-dem founder on the album she can’t stop listening to, an action film to shout about, and the perfect family-run restaurant

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

Germany Takes Lead As Europe’s Most Liberal Country In Nanny State Index

Christopher Snowdon's Nanny State Index reveals Europe's most and least liberal countries for lifestyle freedoms

Zenger · Jul 29, 2023

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The Unfamiliar by Kirsty Logan review – motherhood, queered

Logan’s account of having a baby with her partner is searingly honest and doesn’t shy away from the visceral

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

Good Omens Star And Disability Activist Liz Carr Praises How Season 2 Addressed Accessibility In A 'Brilliantly Imaginative' Way

Good Omens Season 2 finally arrived to introduce the angel Saraqael, and actress Liz Carr opened up about how the show addressed accessibility in Disability Pride Month.

Cinemablend · Jul 28, 2023

Arthur children’s book faces potential Florida ban over claim it ‘damaged souls’

School district member files challenge to Arthur’s Birthday, 1989 book by Marc Brown, which is among 45 titles pending review

The Guardian - US · Jul 28, 2023

How a bombshell leaked tape landed Trump with his latest criminal charge

It’s been two years since Donald Trump sat down for an interview for a new book. Now that conversation is coming back to haunt him. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

‘I could have gone to jail’: crime writer MW Craven on a life made up of spontaneous decisions

The author, who won the 2023 Theakston Old Peculier crime novel of the year for The Botanist, talks about his working-class childhood, his former careers as a soldier and a probation officer – and surviving cancer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

Libro.fm: The audiobook app that supports local London bookshops

The platform wants to help independent booksellers compete with Amazon’s Audible

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2023

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A celebration of mixed heritage; a dog‑walker’s drama; a tiny adventurer; and a siren assassin with killer songs

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

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GoodToKnow · Jul 28, 2023

Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis can ‘help share some of the burden’ placed on their brother Prince George, claims royal expert

“They don’t want to feel invisible in his shadow"

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

DBC Pierre: ‘A memoir by American televangelists changed my mind on taste’

The Australian author on escaping with Papillon, avoiding The Trial, and rolling with The Dice Man

Cinemablend · Jul 28, 2023

How To Watch Good Omens Season 2 Online With Amazon Prime Now

Neil Gaiman’s hit comic fantasy is back! Here we explain how to watch Good Omens Season 2 online with a subscription to Amazon Prime.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

Zimbabwe, she wrote: the women telling their country’s story for a new era

The door has been opened for a wave of writers confronting the legacy of postcolonialism through fiction – in a nation where speaking frankly puts you at risk of political persecution

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023

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

This wild and witty takedown of 21st-century America is narrated by a big cat stalking LA

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Good Omens season two review: David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s chemistry make this a hit

The biblical buddy comedy of epic proportions is back, taking the story beyond its source material

The Conversation · Jul 27, 2023

Not all porn is created equal - is there such a thing as a healthy pornography?

We recently saw yet another controversy about sexual representation in Australia. Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes’ book Welcome to Sex was attacked by the conservative group Australian Women’s Forum, leading to the book being removed from the shelves of Big W – and shooting to the top of the Amazon…

The Hindu · Jul 27, 2023

Understanding literary theories is essential, says Dr. M.K. Veena

At a one-day workshop in Shivamogga, Dr. Veena M.K. said literary theories help readers analyse texts from different perspectives. Dr. T. Avinash argued that theories can be applied to texts without losing their essence. Experts demonstrated how theories can be applied to a poem, essay, and short story. The workshop…

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2023

The Pole and Other Stories by JM Coetzee review – if this is his final book, it is a great one

The Nobel laureate’s new collection of stories is concerned with death, desire and old age, glinting with flashes of humour and grand, existential strangeness

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

Where to start with: Haruki Murakami

The acclaimed Japanese author’s deceptively simple writing combines fantasy and reality in stories of everything from missing cats to dystopian histories via fantasy thrillers and meditations on love. Then he told us about running

The Conversation · Jul 27, 2023

I've taught in prisons for 15 years – here's what schools need to know as government funding expands

In spring of 2023, I taught a class on memoir at the California Institution for Women, a medium-security facility, in Chino.

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