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Xiaolu Guo: ‘It would be tacky to ask: can you forgive me for writing this?’

The Chinese-British author on leaving her family to find creative freedom, the effect on those she writes about in her revealing new book, and the power of Moby-Dick

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

Catherine, Princess of Wales Said the Windsor Castle Walkabout Alongside the Sussexes Was “One of the Hardest Things She’d Ever Had to Do,” New Book Claims

It took place on September 10, just two days after Her late Majesty died.

Marie Claire · Apr 8, 2023

On my radar: Ardal O’Hanlon’s cultural highlights

The Father Ted actor on laughing out loud at Jamie Demetriou, an architectural pilgrimage to Pennsylvania and where to find Dublin’s fanciest artichoke

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

Queen thought Harry ‘so consumed’ by love for Meghan it clouded his judgment

A new royal book says the monarch had her Sandringham library swept for bugs before the Megxit crisis summit in 2020.

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2023

Rachel Pollack, trans activist and comic book writer, dies aged 77

Pollack, who created the first mainstream transgender superhero, Kate Godwin, had been fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

Queen 'surprised' as Meghan gave 'curt three-word reply' after offering advice

Robert Jobson says the Queen was left 'surprised' after Megan replied 'I've got Harry' when she advised her to turn to Sophie, Countess of Wessex for support.

Daily Record · Apr 8, 2023

Kate Middleton’s Windsor walkabout with Harry and Meghan was ‘one of the hardest things’, royal author claims

King Charles’s sons and their wives met with well-wishers in a walkabout outside Windsor Castle two days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2023

Sarah Ferguson gets candid about plastic surgery, Prince Andrew and Prince Harry in revealing new interview

The Duchess of York has shared some characteristically unguarded opinions on her disgraced ex, and Harry and Meghan’s on-going estrangement

Woman & Home · Apr 8, 2023

Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov review – ode to a lost city

First published in 2012 and now translated into English, a whimsical love letter to Ukraine’s cultural capital from the author of Death and the Penguin

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023

King Charles 'infuriated' Prince Harry when he revealed he couldn't pay for Meghan Markle

A royal expert made a number of damning claims about Prince Harry as it chronicled his deteriorating relationship with other senior members of the Firm

Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023