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Mr Loverman: a beautifully realised TV drama that is faithful to the novel – with a few subtle changes

The first episode of the TV adaptation of Mr Loverman is preceded by the quotation: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Those words, voiced by protagonist Barry, belong to writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, from his 1962…

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Mr Loverman star Lennie James: ‘At the heart of this story is such a complex man!’

Lennie James on playing the lead in a six-part BBC adaptation of author Bernadine Evaristo's novel Mr Loverman.

WhatToWatch

Mr Loverman review – magnificent TV that will tear your heart open

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke are exquisite in this bold, spiky tale of a gay man who starts to regret living a lie. The awards are sure to flood in

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‘I had a crush on him’: Bernardine Evaristo on writing Mr Loverman

Ahead of a BBC adaptation of her novel, the Booker-winning author reflects on failure, creative alchemy – and being consumed by her closeted seventysomething hero

The Guardian - UK

Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I’m grateful I was the first – but a Black woman hasn’t won the Booker prize since me’

The author of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’, who won the top literary prize in 2019, talks to Annabel Nugent about the moment in her career that made the world take notice, why she is channelling rage into energy, and her novel ‘Mr Loverman’ being adapted for the BBC

The Independent UK

Mr Loverman on BBC One review: this meandering adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's book is painfully slow

Any opportunity to bring Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke together is a good one. but this just feels wasted

Evening Standard

What to know about Mr Loverman, the new BBC show set to be an autumn hit

Hold onto your handkerchiefs

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‘Six spellbinding and thought-provoking novels’: why we chose the Women’s prize for fiction shortlist

From Sri Lanka to New South Wales and Shanghai, these wide-ranging stories are united by a compelling focus on women’s experience

The Guardian - UK

Alaa’s sad Mother’s Day after Israel’s war on Gaza killed her children

A mother and poet finds herself lost for words to process the loss of her four children this Mother’s Day.

Al Jazeera

'I'm proud of my little girl': Leona Lewis on why motherhood is her greatest gift this Christmas

EXCLUSIVE The One More Sleep hit-maker opens up on her family's plans for the holidays as she prepares to join the panel on The Masked Singer: Christmas Special

Evening Standard

Netanyahu says war cabinet ‘working around the clock’ – as it happened

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Anne Enright’s bold new novel The Wren, The Wren is the work of a writer at the height of her power

In her essay Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown, published in 1924, Virginia Woolf famously proposed that the novel’s primary function is the expression of character. She presented the maxim: “it is only if the characters are real that the novel has any chance of surviving.”

The Conversation

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright and The Girl In The Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff.

The Independent UK

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review – the female gaze

A ferocious sendup of a self-satisfied Irish poet and a brilliantly honest portrait of the women he leaves behind

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The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright review – a supple, spellbinding scrutiny of familial relationships

A dead poet’s daughter and granddaughter must come to terms with his troubling legacy in the Booker winner’s bravura new novel about language and connection

WhatToWatch

Mr Loverman: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and everything you need to know

Mr Loverman on BBC1 sees Lennie James play an exuberant and dapper pensioner who’s hiding a decades-long secret.

Evening Standard

Cuckoo at the Royal Court Theatre review: amusing but aimless play fails to take flight

Well acted and fluently directed but ultimately it’s all a bit baffling

Liverpool Echo

The Chase branded a 'fix' as Liverpool question answered 'wrongly'

Fans have accused the show of being "unfair" and "rigged"

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ITV The Chase's Bradley Walsh 'will have to get a lawyer' as he 'calls out' player

The Chaser was in hysterics after the host stepped in

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Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – a page-turning tale of scandal and misery

Tabloid journalism and a mother whose daughter is suspected of murder are the catalyst for this compelling, compassionate follow-up to Acts of Desperation

Irish Mirror

Tributes paid to 'naturally talented' sportsman who died in Meath road tragedy

Joseph 'Joey' Stewart died in a single-vehicle collision on Wednesday night

WEKU

I got 15 mail-order chicks. They ended up changing my life

Our correspondent decided to set up a chicken coop. The chicks grew into hens — and then one day, they made this strange and mysterious sound.

Evening Standard

Leona Lewis: I am more aware of the environment now I have a daughter

Leona Lewis has said she has become more aware of the environment since having her daughter.

Irish Mirror

Heartbroken community lines streets for funeral of beloved teen GAA star after quad bike death

David Brown, 15, died in a quad bike incident on Easter Sunday. The streets and roads from his home were lined with young and old to mark his memory and to offer sympathies to his family as he is now 'in the great pitch in heaven'.

Liverpool Echo

Grand National 2023: Ticket holders issue verdict on dress code absence

The Grand National has returned this year without a dress code

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