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TikToker Who Was Sent $8.7M By Mistake Says Reporting It Was 'Biggest Regret' — What Happens If You Spend It

Shawna Flener reported a $8.7M Fidelity wire error to her bank immediately. Her viral video calling it her 'biggest regret' has now sparked debate.

International Business Times UK · Apr 22

The Wonderful World that Almost Was by Andrew Durbin review – the queer artists who shaped New York cool

A tender but unflinching account of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, forgotten stars of the 1960s scene

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis review – one of the boldest writers at work in English today

This fable-like novella about technologies of illusion and a life-changing friendship in Mexico City is enchanting

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

The Hours won awards for Nicole Kidman’s fake nose – and hearts as a queer classic

Stephen Daldry’s 2002 film, which secured Kidman an Oscar for her depiction of Virginia Woolf, is a groundbreaking depiction of queer sexuality across the 20th century

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21

Mom whose kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel gives a searing account of her grief

Hersh was among the 251 people abducted by Hamas in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack

The Independent UK · Apr 21

Hotel Exile by Jane Rogoyska review – the remarkable story of a wartime institution

From haven for intellectuals fleeing Hitler to the HQ of the feared Abwehr, the changing fortunes of a Parisian icon

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21

Exclusive: Royal Biographer Robert Hardman Reveals the “Sharp” and “Authentic” Side of Queen Elizabeth the Public Rarely Saw

“The older she got, the sort of stronger she got,” the author tells 'Marie Claire.'

Marie Claire · Apr 21

See You on the Other Side by Jay McInerney review – the clumsy finale of a classic New York series

The bright young things of 1992’s Brightness Falls are now in their 60s in this verbose, clunky novel that seems more interested in lifestyle than inner lives

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21

Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt review – life after Paul Auster

What’s it like to lose your partner of more than 40 years? The novelist and essayist reflects on going from ‘we’ to ‘I’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden cheered as she wins Authors Guild honor

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden received the Champion of Writers Award from the Authors Guild

The Independent UK · Apr 21