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American reworking of Dickens classic wins world’s oldest literary prize

Barbara Kingsolver was named as one of the two winners of the James Tait Black Prize for her book Demon Copperhead, which reworks David Copperfield.

The Independent UK

ITV Cooking With The Stars: Joanna Page's incredible film career and the famous husband she almost divorced in lockdown

Who is the Gavin & Stacey star married to and what else has she starred in other than the iconic BBC sitcom?

Wales Online

Barbara Kingsolver: ‘Rural people are so angry they want to blow up the system’

The first author to win the Women’s prize for fiction twice on how Charles Dickens – and rage about the opioid crisis - helped her write ‘the great Appalachian novel’

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Jeremy Paxman’s best moments on University Challenge as he steps down

The BBC host spent 29 years firing off one-liners in response to off-the-mark answers from unfortunate students

Evening Standard

How 'Mrs. Davis' Resident Magician Taught a Nun New Tricks

The quieter half of Penn and Teller reveals how he helped the Peacock series design its tricks -- and the one trick Betty Gilpin actually learned.

Inverse

Top 10 aunts in fiction

So often defying the conventions of their age, these inspiring figures are also dependable boons for nephews and nieces in books by authors from Jane Austen to JK Rowling

The Guardian - UK

Inside the world's most expensive Airbnb - and it's owned by David Copperfield

Musha Cay is arguably the most luxurious private island in the world, located in the southern Bahamas pristine Exuma Cay islands, Musha Cay, and costing just shy of £50,000 a night

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Gloria Dea, 1st magician on Las Vegas Strip, dies at age 100

Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what became the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died

The Independent UK

Gloria Dea, the 1st magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip, dies at 100

Dea was the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s. She also appeared in several movies in the 1940s and '50s.

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Gloria Dea, the Las Vegas Strip’s first magician, dies at 100

LAS VEGAS — Gloria Dea, the first magician to perform on what would be the Las Vegas Strip, only to be rediscovered in the twilight of her life, has died. She was 100.

Tribune News Service

Pssst! Wanna buy an Oscar? The mysterious case of the missing Academy Awards

An Oscar can only, officially, be sold for $1 – but that hasn’t stopped a small but lucrative black market. Where are all those that have disappeared?

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 cads in fiction

Dangerously handsome young men carelessly ruining women’s lives are a rarer breed than they were. But their hatefulness still makes compelling reading

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Kingsolver returns to Appalachia to tackle opioid crisis, in Dickens-inspired novel Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible, returned to her home turf of Appalachia to tackle one of its most urgent issues — with a little help from David Copperfield.

ABC News

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver review – Dickens updated

This powerful reimagining of David Copperfield follows one boy’s struggle to survive amid America’s opioid crisis

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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver review – Appalachian saga in the spirit of Dickens

The novelist’s take on David Copperfield is a bold, heartbreakingly evocative tale rooted in America’s opioids crisis

The Guardian - UK

Rising to the Surface by Lenny Henry review – the breakthrough years

In the second instalment of his memoir, the comedian reflects the fame and frustration that came with hitting the big time

The Guardian - UK

Rising to the Surface by Lenny Henry review – there’s nothing very funny about fame

In his often moving second memoir, the comedian reflects on his unlikely journey from seaside summer seasons to award-winning elder statesman of TV – and why he feels he failed his mother

Tribune News Service

Las Vegas Strip’s first magician celebrates 100th birthday

LAS VEGAS — David Copperfield is performing a show after the show backstage at his eponymous theater at MGM Grand. It’s a meet and greet for a small group of VIPs and invited guests. Many are tourists and conventioneers, wowed after seeing Copperfield perform for the first time.

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The Guardian - UK

Train troubles and funny voices – take the Thursday quiz (Bernard Cribbins special)

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 stories of male friendship

Writers from Alexandre Dumas to Jack Kerouac and Colson Whitehead have written fiction worth bonding with about these sometimes uneasy alliances

The Independent UK

Injured Copperfield trick participant loses lawsuit appeal

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand weren't financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries during a Las Vegas Strip show in 2013

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