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‘There’s an enormous amount of sado-masochism in this book’: Emerald Fennell defends her Wuthering Heights adaptation

At the Brontë Women’s Writing festival, the Saltburn director explained her decision to cast Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in her sex-charged retelling of Emily Brontë’s novel

The Guardian - UK

Tony Harrison’s poem V to be performed in the Leeds cemetery that inspired it

The site-specific performance of the once controversial poem was planned for its 40th anniversary in October, but will now double as a tribute to the writer who died last week

The Guardian - UK

Tony Robinson: ‘I might worry a bit about being short, but I landed a part in the cult comedy series of the century’

INTERVIEW: Ahead of appearing at Henley Literary Festival, the ‘Blackadder’ and ‘Time Team’ star opens up to Kathryn Bromwich about how his novel ‘The House of Wolf’ almost disappeared for ever, and his wonderful days working with Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis

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Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2025: Michelle de Kretser wins $80,000 for Theory & Practice

The author used her acceptance speech to call out the Australian government’s response to the war in Gaza, in a ceremony marked by political commentary

The Guardian - AU

The 15 Best Books by Freida McFadden, From 'The Housemaid' to 'The Tenant'

If you were obsessed with the book-to-movie adaptation of 'The Housemaid,' read these next.

Marie Claire

Half Light by Mahesh Rao review – a tale of forbidden love in India

A love affair between two men in Darjeeling comes to a violent end in this unfocused tale of heartbreak, secrecy – and the separate lives they return to in Mumbai

The Guardian - UK

Amity by Nathan Harris review – perceptive portrait of slavery’s aftermath

This follow-up to the Booker-listed The Sweetness of Water charts the perilous journeys of a brother and sister in the Reconstruction era, from the deep south to Mexico

The Guardian - UK

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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker review – communication, broken down

The Harvard psychologist on unwritten rules, social contracts, shared logic – and what happens when they fall apart

The Guardian - UK

Judy Murray: ‘I’ve seen a lot of toxic behaviour when people believe their own hype’

INTERVIEW: The veteran tennis coach and mum to champions Andy and Jamie speaks to Katie Rosseinsky about her latest foray into novel writing and the power of sporting role models

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are

This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

How Princess Kate and Prince William Are Ensuring George, Charlotte, and Louis Feel "Loved Equally," as Royals Are Described as "Mom and Dad First"

They're "making sure that none of their children suffer that fate," per a royal expert.

Marie Claire

The Guardian view on the 2025 Booker prize: bringing posh bingo to the BookTok generation

Editorial: With this year’s shortlist announced live to the public, Britain’s most prestigious literary award is finding ways to engage new audiences

The Guardian - UK

Dundee's rise and fall as world-leading textile manufacturer explored in new book

THE remarkable history of the rise of Dundee as a global industrial powerhouse and its demise has been “badly treated,” historians have argued…

The National (Scotland)

Mary Portas looks back: ‘After Dad died, his wife made us homeless. I never got to be a teenager, instead I worked’

The queen of shops on her tragic teenage years, her glittering rise through retail and her spiritual awakening

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The life of famed US collector who helped fire Gaelic revival

WHAT made a young American woman give up her privileged life in the States last century to devote herself to gathering and preserving Gaelic songs…

The Guardian - AU

I wanted to know if having a kid on a burning planet was right. I found that antinatalism is seriously taboo

Society has come a long way in making space for maternal ambivalence and the childfree movement, but those frameworks ask whether we want to have children, not whether we should

The Guardian - UK

NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award

The Zimbabwean writer – who has been twice nominated for the Booker – won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, with her story Hitting Budapest

The Guardian - UK

‘The man who came to read the metre’: Yorkshire poet Tony Harrison was the National Theatre bard

Harrison, who has died aged 88, wrote copiously for the stage, both as an ingenious translator and dazzlingly original dramatist

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The Guardian - UK

Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88

Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris’s new book details her steep challenges without acknowledging her failures

In 107 Days, Harris leaves little room for nuance – nor is she afflicted with a surplus of self-awareness

The Guardian - UK

‘A cottage of one’s own’: Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published

A chance discovery at a country house revealed the three funny – sometimes surreal – interlinked tales, written almost a decade before Woolf’s first book was published

Marie Claire

Former Royal Butler Says "Staff Could Be Snobs" Toward One Member of the Royal Family

Paul Burrell says the staff thought this person to be "far too familiar."

The Guardian - UK

Lord of the Flies review – Piggy’s plea for diplomacy feels more futile than ever

William Golding’s bleak vision of civilisation holds up after 70 years, but Nigel Williams’s 1995 adaptation, revived with a sparky cast, might not be cruel enough for our times

Reason

Kash Patel Tellingly Ties James Comey's Indictment to the Legally Unrelated 'Russiagate Hoax'

The FBI director's portrayal of the case exemplifies the emptiness of his promise that there would be "no retributive actions" against the president's enemies.

Marie Claire

Royal Author Says Prince Andrew Was "Living On Planet Windsor" And Insisted on "Lavish" Lifestyle Unlike Other Royals

One journalist accused him of "suffering from a lack of self-awareness and emotional intelligence."

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