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1619 on TV: "Justice requires repair"

The Pulitzer Prize winner talks about the ways the TV adaptation of this impactful work democratizes access

Salon · Jan 26, 2023

A free spirit and a fearless artist: Colette at 150

A century and a half after her birth, Colette remains an icon: a bestselling author, a music hall star, a mime artist and, eventually, an elder stateswoman of French literature. We discuss her extraordinary trajectory with author Emmanuelle Lambert, whose book "Sidonie Gabrielle Colette" takes us through the many faces…

France 24 · Jan 26, 2023

Mrs Hinch 'unrecognisable' as she issues 'honest' family update

The mum-of-two has sent an emotional statement to clear up speculation

Liverpool Echo · Jan 26, 2023

The Holocaust: remembering the powerful acts of 'ordinary people'

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there,” the British author LP Hartley once wrote, hinting at the mystique of history – the idea that people in the past were somehow different to us in the 21st century.

The Conversation · Jan 26, 2023

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett review – on the trail of a cult

The author of The Appeal compiles a dossier of evidence with dramatic results in this dark tale of Satanic rituals

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023

I was appalled at people's misinformed ignorance about our country: Sutapa Basu on writing her new book 'The Birth Of My Nation'

While it was August 15, 1947 when India attained freedom from the British Raj, it was two years later on January 26, 1950, when the country officially became a Sovereign, Democratic, and Republic nation and adopted the Constitution. As we celebrate the 74th Republic Day of India today, we caught…

The Times of India · Jan 26, 2023

Robin Abcarian: Two universities that tried to squelch academic freedom have backtracked. Here's hoping that's a trend

I thought my mind was playing tricks on me when I first read that Kenneth Roth, who led Human Rights Watch for three decades, had been disinvited to a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

Dumfries and Galloway poet set to launch landmark collection of Scots poems

Stuart A Paterson will introduce his book Wheen in the film theatre at the Robert Burns Centre

Daily Record · Jan 26, 2023

Pompeo Lauds Saudi Crown Prince as 'Historic Figure on World Stage'

The former US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, came out with a new memoir, which attracted much attention in the US political circles and the local and foreign media. The book "Never Give an Inch – fighting for the America I Love" provides information about various issues, including the CIA…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2023

The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon review – an engrossing epic

Opening in Sarajevo as the first world war is triggered, this magnificent globe‑trotting, century-spanning novel mingles fact with the fabulous

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023