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The Guardian view on women in art: a cycle of here today, gone tomorrow must be halted

Editorial: Nan Goldin’s top spot on an art world power list concludes a strong year for female creators. But beware complacency about their recognition

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Lydia Davis' amusing, insightful stories address the estrangements of everyday life – and resist the hollowing of language

Lydia Davis is known for her minimalist fiction – “economy, precision and originality” is how the author Ali Smith once described her style. Her shortest story, Index Entry, amounts to just four words:

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Remembrance Day: five beautiful novels about war commemoration

Every autumn, the UK participates in an astonishing commemorative practice: the annual charity drive of the Poppy Appeal. From its origins during the first world war to the purple poppy commemorating animals in wartime, the artificial poppy has become a fragile but enduring symbol of remembrance.

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‘Even pigeons look amazing’: the multicoloured magic of a biofluorescent nature walk

Unlike many animals, humans can’t see biofluorescence unaided – but with a UV torch, a night stroll looks very different

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Tomas Soucek helps West Ham avoid upset at Lincoln

Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski made a number of good saves.

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‘This generation won’t think of football as being just for boys’: how the Lionesses have changed sport for girls

100,000 more girls are playing football in England than they did in 2017. At a training session near Ipswich, we meet the under-12s who love the game

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After Greta Thunberg cancelled her participation, over 50 authors threaten to boycott Edinburgh book festival

Days after climate activist Greta Thunberg canceled her participation in the Edinburgh book festival this year, news is that over 50 authors including Booker-winner Zadie Smith, Ali Smith, among others have written to the festival to drop sponsors who heavily invest in fossil fuels.

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Authors threaten boycott of Edinburgh book festival over sponsors’ fossil fuel links

An open letter signed by more than 50 authors including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith and Katherine Rundell calls for investment firm Baillie Gifford to be dropped as main sponsor for 2024

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The last word on: Hope

Kicking off our new monthly series about emotions in literature, Sophie Ratcliffe finds the best literary descriptions of hopefulness

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‘I became Billy No-Mates’: a disabled magistrate in an inaccessible court

A magistrate for nearly 30 years, David Rose describes the feeling of exclusion after not being able to enter certain legal buildings

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‘What the hell went wrong?’: bereaved hope for answers as Covid inquiry begins

Four people who lost loved ones recall the chaos of the response – and share why they think Britain was so unprepared

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Guy Gunaratne: ‘Writing the Abu Ghraib bit of the book took its toll’

Booker-longlisted in 2018 for their debut novel, In Our Mad and Furious City, the Londoner talks about the follow-up, the slippery life story of a terror suspect, and the fellowship of Ali Smith during a time of stress

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‘A nice nostalgic British feel’: Norfolk’s King Charles III pub raises glass to new monarch

Sporle pub, which opened after a renovation under its new name in January, hopes to get a visit from its namesake

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Greens hoping ultra-local focus will bring low-key revolution in Suffolk

Mid Suffolk will become first majority-controlled Green council in UK if party wins at least five more seats

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10 of the best – and most unexpected – erotic books

From Mary Wesley’s throuples to James Baldwin’s heartbreak in Paris, writers have long been obsessed by ‘the most sought-after and least examined emotion’. Here Lucy Knight picks her top 10

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A landlord king: Charles lets out homes near Sandringham worth £75m

Analysis of property titles reveals extraordinary extent of royal footprint in north Norfolk

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A walk on Norfolk’s Boudicca Way to a classic village pub: The Crown Inn

A stroll from Diss to idyllic Pulham Market takes in quiet countryside and passes a clutch of ancient churches

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Dining across the divide: ‘I think she felt the Labour activists were dogmatic, a bit intimidating. That made me cross’

They both voted Labour until recently, when one joined the Conservative party. Would they find common ground on small boats, benefits or Brexit?

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This VIC TikToker’s Subway Order Has Gone Hyper Viral For Being The Most ‘Elite’ Combo

"It's a game changer."

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‘Money is a constant worry and it’s infecting everything’: one family’s experience of the soaring UK cost of living

With food prices increasing at their fastest rate in 45 years, we hear how one family is coping with the financial pressure

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‘Being heard is better than being seen’: supermodel Paulina Porizkova on living ‘unfiltered’

Paulina Porizkova, one of the great supermodels of the 80s, has refound fame – as ‘the lady who cries on Instagram’. It began with the death of and betrayal by her husband of 30 years

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‘My parents weren’t impressed at first, but now I do my mum’: meet some of the world’s best tattoo artists

Tattooing is constantly evolving and the most-sought after artists are superstars. Here, five of the best reveal what the craft means to them

Daily Record

'I went on a Halloween ghost hunt at a haunted Scottish mansion - and spooky things happened'

Ahead of Halloween, Sean Murphy joined the Scottish Ghost Company on one of their regular events around the country and it was stranger and more intriguing than he could have imagined.

The Guardian - UK

Goldsmiths prize shortlist features a first: twin-authored novel Diego Garcia

Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams’ ‘extraordinary’ work sits alongside a field of creatively ambitious writing that finds new ways of telling stories

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‘A masterpiece’: why Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book is as relevant as ever at 50

She might be better known as the creator of the Moomins but the Finnish author’s tender hymn to nature and tolerance is as relevant today as it was a half-century ago

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