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In cookbook, Miranda Lambert reveals recipes that fed her

Country music star Miranda Lambert is dishing on the recipes from her family and friends in East Texas

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

Kimmel on Trump’s new book: ‘It will probably be taught in Florida schools’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s new book of letters, Tucker Carlson’s ouster from Fox News and Biden’s re-election campaign announcement

The Guardian - US · Apr 26, 2023

Woman finds touching note inside book charity shop book - and is searching for owner

Rose Farmer, from Gilbert in Arizona, America, came across a handwritten note tucked into a copy of 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' by Carson McCullers at Goodwill - and is now trying to track down its rightful owner

Daily Mirror · Apr 26, 2023

Boswell Book Festival shares two refugees' stories to raise funds for Ukrainian crisis

The festival is returning this year to the magnificent Dumfries House with a variety of events, including a fundraiser for the Rotary Club Ukrainian Crisis Taskforce.

Daily Record · Apr 26, 2023

Jules and Jim review – an affecting love triangle but no match for Truffaut

While there is compassion and curiosity in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s adaptation, this production lacks the whirlwind quality of Roché’s novel and the film

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2023

Toilet paper and advising public: Archives reveal coronation planners’ concerns

The National Archives highlighted documents relating to coronations of times gone by.

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

The invasion of Iraq defined US' foreign relations – but in popular Iraqi literature, the war is just a piece of the country's complex history

It’s been just over 20 years since the United States invaded Iraq. Some Americans have largely forgotten about the invasion, despite the fact the Sept. 11 attacks that precipitated it still loom large in U.S. national memory. Even during the heart of the war in 2006, most young Americans could…

The Conversation · Apr 26, 2023

Why charity shops are the romantic heroes of the high street

From the slow experience to stories that lurk on every shelf (plus Gucci to be found!) — author, debut novelist and charity shop volunteer Lauren Bravo on the timeless thrill of thrifting in the capital

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2023

Tom Jones — release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and all we know about the period drama

Tom Jones — Solly McLeod heads a star-studded cast in a colorful adaptation of the novel about an 18th-century lothario.

WhatToWatch · Apr 26, 2023

Top 10 aunts in fiction

So often defying the conventions of their age, these inspiring figures are also dependable boons for nephews and nieces in books by authors from Jane Austen to JK Rowling

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2023