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Fauci gives ‘final message’ to Americans in last public briefing after 54 years of service

“So if they want to remember me — whether they judge rightly or wrongly what I’ve done — I gave it all I got for many decades,” he said during Tuesday’s White House press briefing

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Meet the Edinburgh Indian priests turned city centre bookshop owners

Fathers Baji Puthiyaparambil and Shinto Karimattathil, who will launch St Paul's Bookshop at St Mary’s Cathedral on Broughton Street, say it's a "dream come true".

Edinburgh Live · Nov 22, 2022

Send us a tip on a literary bar – you could win a holiday voucher

Tell us about your favourite drinking spot in the UK or Europe where you enjoy a drop with the ghosts of writers past

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2022

Star Soprano Renee Fleming Returns to Met Opera with 'The Hours'

A powerhouse trio of American song will interpret the voice of Virginia Woolf on New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera stage, as the highly anticipated run of "The Hours" makes its world premiere Tuesday. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and Oscar-nominated film explores how threads of English writer Woolf's "Mrs.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 22, 2022

Iraq International Book Fair to Host 350 Publishing Houses

The third edition of the Iraq International Book Fair is set to kick off in Baghdad next month. Running from December 7 to 17, the event is organized by Al-Mada for Media Culture & Arts, a media and cultural foundation that moved from Damascus to Baghdad after 2003 Over 350…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 22, 2022

You Don’t Know What War Is by Yeva Skalietska review – Ukrainian child’s poignant diary

This intimate and immediate account of a 12-year-old girl under siege in Kharkiv includes photos and WhatsApp texts to heart-rending effect

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2022

Michelle Obama pleads for paparazzi to leave her daughters alone

‘They are not looking to be followed by the paparazzi just because their mom wrote a book’

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Tyneside libraries drop late fees as council encourages people to come in out of the cold

All libraries run by North Tyneside Council are scrapping late fees from December as the cold sets in

Chronicle Live · Nov 22, 2022

Paramount scraps $2.2bn sale of Simon & Schuster publishing to Penguin

Penguin owner Bertelsmann will not appeal US judge’s ruling that merger would be illegal because it would hit authors’ pay

The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2022

David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count review – a doc so shocking it sounds like a siren

In this fascinating and timely film, the comedian corners Jewish celebrities to discuss antisemitism – and David Schwimmer reveals he has ‘never felt white, ever’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022