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Books by women that every man should read: chosen by Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Richard Curtis and more

Studies show men avoid female authors. Ahead of the Women’s prize for fiction, chair of judges Mary Ann Sieghart finds out why – and we ask male authors to redress the balance

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Edition: May 27, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Joel Kim Booster, a former Chicago comedian, updates Jane Austen in ‘Fire Island’

Transplanting ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to the LGBTQ beach destination allows actor-writer to explore how ‘people communicate across class lines.’

Chicago Sun-Times

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Best books to gift for the literary person in your life

Unleash their inner bookworm with these special edition books and literary treats

Evening Standard

The great British breakfast! The regional treats that make the perfect fry-up – from laverbread to fruit pudding

Unsung specialities from soda farls to dock puddings will ensure you breakfast like a king. Here are 10 dishes to try

The Guardian - UK

My streaming gem: why you should watch Love & Friendship

The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser-seen gems is a recommendation of Whit Stillman’s acerbic Jane Austen adaptation

The Guardian - US

Did Jane Austen have a scandalous affair with an Australian colonial pioneer?

Is this account of the beloved author's love life fact or fiction?

Newcastle Herald

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Summer Movie Calendar: From 'Top Gun 2' to 'Thor 4' and more

Hollywood's summer movie season kicks off Friday with the release of Disney and Marvel's “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

The Independent UK

Review: ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ depends on its Helen, finding love amid death — she succeeds mightily at Chicago Shakespeare

CHICAGO — Of all the women in Shakespeare, Helen in “All’s Well That Ends Well” is perhaps my favorite. Courageous, determined and delightfully verbose, she’s more like a character in a Jane Austen novel.

Chicago Tribune

21 pub quiz questions to put your general knowledge to the test - April 29

From the meaning of well-known scientific abbreviations to Oscar winners and more, this week's quiz aims to get you thinking

Liverpool Echo

Parties and booze abound in 'Fire Island,' Hulu's gay take on 'Pride and Prejudice'

"Pride and Prejudice" is being remade again — this time as the queer rom-com "Fire Island," a feature-length film from Searchlight Pictures.

Los Angeles Times

Under-resourcing many parents is a choice our society makes

Unconditional government programmes such as universal child benefit work best to alleviate poverty, writes Jess Berentson-Shaw

Newsroom.co.nz

"Sanditon" boss on heartbreaking finale

Justin Young spoke with Salon about continuing Jane Austen with unexpected setbacks, character arcs and fandom

Salon

Karla Peterson: Thanks to San Diego writer Amy Finley, you can have your 'Bridgerton' and drink it, too

SAN DIEGO — You can't dress like them, even if you were willing to don the required undergarments. You can't dine like them, unless you have a generous staffing budget and an over-achieving metabolism. (So! Many! Cakes!) And you can't duel like them, no matter how much you loathe your…

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Evening Standard

Persuasion review: Ruthlessly 21st-century Austen retelling is tons of riotous fun

Jeff James’s adaptation has voguing and a foam party - but doesn’t interrogate the novel’s more retrograde gender politics

The Guardian - UK

I’ll bet someone else’s shirt that Diego Maradona’s is real…

The Argentinian’s kit, now up for auction despite his daughter questioning its authenticity, Colin Firth’s top … many would like to own a piece of history and good luck to anyone selling

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?; The Superhero Complex; Hear Her Voice; Cheat!

French and Saunders front an old-school gagfest, while podcasting’s obsession with egotistical frauds and con artists continues

The Independent UK

Camilla tours Jane Austen’s home and sees Mr Darcy’s famous white shirt

The Duchess of Cornwall toured the Hampshire home where Austen lived from 1809 to 1817.

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Wales Online

Jane Austen replaced on literature course by American author Toni Morrison to 'decolonise' curriculum

American Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winner author takes her place

Salon

Less Bridgerton & Sanditon sex is better

Despite the public outcry, viewers of Regency-era dramas are fine with fewer sex scenes, if it means more romance

The New Daily

From a hearty cookbook to chilling crime: Eight new books to keep you turning pages

As the weather grows chillier by the day, there’s no better time to start stocking up on your autumn reads, with books from comedy to a hearty cookbook.

Chicago Tribune

Nina Metz: ‘Bridgerton’s’ racial utopia on Netflix vs. the reality of Britain’s imperialism

“Bridgerton” was a smash for Netflix when it premiered last year, and Season 2 of the historical romance, based on author Julia Quinn’s book series, has once again swept viewers up in its semi-winking Regency-era evocation of heaving breasts and smoldering stares, set against a backdrop of ballrooms and country…

The Independent UK

Bridgerton season 2 review: So different they might as well have renamed the entire show

The central dilemma (and the very attractive couple seeking to resolve it) of the first season has been excised, giving this opening episode – ‘Capital-R-Rake’ – the feeling of a spin-off

The Independent UK

Bridgerton season 2 review: So different they might as well have renamed the entire show

The central dilemma (and the very attractive couple seeking to resolve it) of the first season has been excised, giving this opening episode – ‘Capital-R-Rake’ – the feeling of a spin-off

The Independent UK

Bridgerton season 2 review: So different they might as well have renamed the entire show

The central dilemma (and the very attractive couple seeking to resolve it) of the first season has been excised, giving this opening episode – ‘Capital-R-Rake’ – the feeling of a spin-off

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