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Scots mum books magical cruise after selling old Harry Potter book for £20K

Holly Hodgart, 34, couldn't believe her luck when the first-edition copy of the Philosopher's Stone went for some a high price when she put it up for auction.

Daily Record · Apr 3, 2023

Editorial: It’s back: Farm bill still crammed with subsidies, pork

Decades ago, when the late Harry Reid was relatively new to the upper chamber, a book arrived at our offices courtesy of the Democratic senator. It was “The Farm Fiasco” by libertarian author James Bovard, a piercing work that critically examined the labyrinth of subsidies, handouts, pork and market distortions…

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023

Shy by Max Porter review – exhilarating portrait of a lost boy in 90s Britain

A young delinquent takes stock of his bad luck and bad decisions in this brief but brilliant novel from the author of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023

Professors' power over studies, career kept many students silent

The sexual harassment and indecent behavior by professors and other officials at public universities that was revealed in a recent Yomiuri Shimbun survey is likely just the tip of the iceberg, as about 80% of all students attend private universities.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Apr 2, 2023

"Lucky Hank" and the adjunct crisis

The new AMC show distinguishes itself from other academic stories by acknowledging contractual faculty

Salon · Apr 2, 2023

Newcastle come up with answers but Manchester United remain a riddle

Eddie Howe’s side have recaptured early season form but their visitors struggle without Casemiro in midfield

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023

Both Prince William and Prince Harry Were “Lost Souls” Before Meeting Their Wives, Royal Author Says

“William and Harry need their partners in a very similar way.”

Marie Claire · Apr 2, 2023

Aphrodite’s Breath by Susan Johnson review – a revealing memoir about mothers and daughters

A trip to Kythera for the Australian author and her mother results in this unsparing and intimate look at their intense and often unhappy dynamic

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2023

Social media analyst Emily Hund: ‘We can never know the truth behind an influencer’s seeming authenticity’

Today influencers sell ideas as well as products. But the integrity on which their status rests, says the US academic, is as unknowable as the algorithms that promote their content

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro review – astute story of self-discovery

The author’s debut novel is an imaginative tale about a troubled Nigerian teenager’s rite of passage

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023