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Sally Rooney takes time off from fiction to bash landlords

Landlords ‘never seem to run out of other people’s money’ says the writer

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023

Stopping terrorists is like ‘finding needle in a haystack’, Sir Mark Rowley says

‘Tens of thousands’ of people on security services’ radar could pose a threat, Met chief says

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Everyone wanted me to have a literary rival – I got drunk with him instead

I’d been endlessly geed up about the ‘other Belfast novelist’, as if we were obliged to be enemies. I wasn’t having it, says writer Rachel Connolly

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

Paris: The Memoir review – how a celebrity nymph conquered the Earth

With its dizzying spirituality and devotion to ‘sacred’ skincare, Paris Hilton’s memoir exposes a culture in which the self only exists if validated by a selfie

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

Barkha Dutt wins AutHer Award 2023 in Best Non-Fiction category

The AutHer Awards 2023 winners were announced at a gala ceremony in New Delhi on March 19, 2023. Eminent journalist Barkha Dutt won the AutHer Award 2023 in Best Non-Fiction category for her book 'To Hell and Back: Humans of COVID'.

The Times of India · Mar 20, 2023

‘A billion listens? Is that a lot?’ John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world’s favourite poem

I Wanna Be Yours, a love poem that rhymes Ford Cortina with vacuum cleaner, has been a school text and a wedding staple. But now, thanks to TikTok and Arctic Monkeys, it has gone spectacularly global. So who was it written for?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023

Second World War investigations which throw light on need for Covid inquiry

WHOSE side are you on? Gary Lineker or the BBC bosses? That was an easy one. Ash or Kate or Humza? Harder. OK, how about Isabel Oakeshott or Matt…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 20, 2023

It's time to return to a series which changed a genre

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The National (Scotland) · Mar 20, 2023

Our Fathers Fought Franco: How one Lothian coalminer joined the fight against fascism

IN the new book Our Fathers Fought Franco (Luath Press), edited by Willy Maley, four adult children tell the stories of their fathers. Here’s an…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 20, 2023

Where to eat in Brooklyn right now

From Shalom Japan to Rana Fifteen, here's where you need to stop for a bite

Salon · Mar 19, 2023