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The Twitnam Summer by Hester Grant review – Swift, Gay and Pope’s season in the sun

A historian makes the case that a meeting of minds in 1726 changed the course of English literature

The Guardian - UK

Quote of the day by Alexander Pope: 'Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be...' – inspiring lessons on how to avoid disappointment in life and why expecting less brings more peace by The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad poet

Quote of the day by Alexander Pope: Alexander Pope's quote highlights how unmet expectations lead to disappointment. The article explores how lowering rigid expectations can foster emotional resilience and inner peace by promoting acceptance of life's unfolding events rather than measuring them against imagined outcomes.

The Economic Times

Bob Newhart was more than an actor or comedian – he was a literary master

If you knew Bob Newhart only as an actor – most notably as the star of the legendary “Bob Newhart Show” but also in a minor though memorable role in the movie “Elf” – you may not have thought of him as a literary figure.

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Readers reply: who has been treated most unfairly by history?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Frank Skinner and Denise Mina’s literary adventure

They follow in the footsteps of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. Plus: discomfiting comedy in Jerk. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Molly Russell was trapped by the cruel algorithms of Pinterest and Instagram

The coroner’s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in a death

The Guardian - UK

Henrietta Howard’s historic Georgian villa to open to public after restoration

Decades of disrepair reversed at Marble Hill, home built on the Thames for king’s mistress and court society figure

The Guardian - UK

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