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Margaret Atwood reflects on literature, feminism and luck

Margaret Atwood's “Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts” offers a 600-page reflection on her personal and creative journey

The Independent UK

Why Gen Z are falling for Jane Austen all over again

She was born 250 years ago, but the queen of the rom-com has found a whole new devoted audience

Evening Standard

Algeria frees French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for transfer to Germany

Algeria has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal after a request from Germany, to where he will be transferred for medical treatment after a year in detention, it was announced Wednesday.

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The Running Man review: What in the Schwarzeneggers were they thinking?

3/5 Edgar Wright’s reboot of the much-loved 1987 Arnie film is fun but a little thin

Evening Standard

Grub actually: Keira Knightley’s Christmas Waitrose ad is sweet and funny. The first time, anyway

Their mini romcom is a classy move both for the star and the upmarket supermarket. But how many times will you be able to watch it before you start gagging?

The Guardian - UK

Loren Ipsum by Andrew Gallix review – chronically funny satire of the literary scene

Full of word games, in-jokes and grisly murders, this debut pours gleeful scorn on the pretensions of contemporary literary life

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'Incensed' Queen Elizabeth threw her paper 'to the floor' when she heard news of Princess Lilibet's name

Contrary to the Sussexes' claims at the time, a new book alleges the late Queen was left furious by their actions

Woman & Home

Queen Elizabeth's Press Secretary Once Called Sarah Ferguson "The Greatest Single Threat to the Monarchy"

One 1980s scandal caused the late Queen's right-hand man to make the comment.

Marie Claire

The Running Man review – Glen Powell sprints through fun update of Stephen King future-shock sci-fi satire

Full-tilt chase sequences, a punk aesthetic and a sugar-rush soundtrack, means there is plenty of enjoyment to be had as Edgar Wright goes back to King’s original 1982 novel

The Guardian - UK

The Running Man review: "Some fun action and Glen Powell's star power aren't enough to energize this disappointing Stephen King adaptation"

Total Film

OPINION - David Szalay is a genius and deserves the Booker Prize. But I believe the story has a forgotten source

Why has the author never acknowledged what he has done, asks David Sexton

Evening Standard

‘It’s notoriously hard to write about sex’: David Szalay on Flesh, his astounding Booker prize-winner

The novel’s protagonist is violent, libidinous and so inarticulate he says ‘OK’ some 500 times. So how did the author turn his story into a tragic masterpiece?

The Guardian - UK

Queen welcomes Booker Prize-winning author at Clarence House

Camilla congratulated David Szalay and the shortlisted authors during a special reception.

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Jilly Cooper died of head injury suffered in fall at home, inquest hears

Coroner reaches conclusion of accidental death and says author died as a result of a traumatic subdural haematoma

The Independent UK

Dame Jilly Cooper’s cause of death revealed during inquest

Beloved authour was pronounced dead in hospital on October 5

Woman & Home

‘A dark book that’s a joy to read’ – David Szalay’s Flesh was a surprise 2025 Booker Prize winner

Chair of judges Roddy Doyle was blown away by the novel

The Guardian - UK

One Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette Winterson review – freewheeling reflections on life, art and AI

One Thousand and One Nights is the framing device for the author’s pithy and thought provoking takes on everything from eugenics to trouser suits

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Vaim by Jon Fosse review – the Nobel laureate performs a strange miracle

In the Norwegian master’s latest example of ‘mystical realism’, one man makes a dreamlike, hypnotic voyage through life

The Independent UK

David Szalay’s Flesh is the most deserved Booker Prize winner in years

COMMENT: The British-Hungarian author’s triumph caps off what has already been a wonderful year for the UK’s most prestigious award for fiction, writes Martin Chilton

The Guardian - UK

David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh

The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 award

The Guardian - UK

The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off

The protagonist’s inner life is hidden from the reader in this highly original novel

The Independent UK

David Szalay wins Booker prize with ‘extraordinary and singular’ novel Flesh

The British-Hungarian author’s novel exploring modern masculinity was chosen unanimously as this year’s winner, says judging chair Roddy Doyle

Marie Claire

Sarah Jessica Parker Swaps Her Signature Fendi Baguette for the New Pickpocket-Friendly Peekaboo

She swapped her signature Fendi Baguette for one of the new Peekaboos.

Space

Darth Vader returns in the new 'Star Wars' novel 'Master of Evil', and we've got a sneak peek (exclusive)

Author Adam Christopher takes us to Mustafar and beyond in the chilling new sci-fi story "Star Wars: Master of Evil."

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