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Evening Standard

21 of the Greatest American novels that everyone should read

From historical classics to postmodern marvels

Evening Standard

How "Fargo" women manage up

This season's main women are more alike than the richest of them would like to think, especially now

Salon

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Best light novels for a relaxing read

Relaxing reads for cosy evenings in

Evening Standard

Loewe and behold: how older models are casting a spell on fashion

From Maggie Smith to Martha Stewart, older faces are being used again after a post-Covid lull – though most are white

The Guardian - UK

‘Hallelujah!’ the wait for Phoebe Philo’s comeback is almost over

The wait for her latest creations has only added to the mysteries of the woman who made Céline a talismanic name

The Guardian - UK

The World According to Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell review – bits and pieces of a literary pioneer

A ‘fangirl’’s fragmented study of the great US author has a disparate and magpie approach that never coheres into a satisfying whole

The Guardian - UK

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How 9/11 bred the endless war on terror

The crimes of 9/11 wounded America — and fueled an endless, pointless war that could never be won, or even ended

Salon

Bret Easton Ellis: ‘I connected with Quentin Tarantino’

The US author on discovering Stephen King, being inspired by Joan Didion, and losing himself in film criticism

The Guardian - UK

5 Books About Retirement That’ll Prepare You for Your Golden Years

These books about retirement will help prepare you for your next stage through fiction and nonfiction.

Kiplinger

Best travel books of all time to inspire your next trip

You don’t always have to leave your home for the journey of a lifetime

Evening Standard

Martha has always been subversive

From her new "Sports Illustrated" cover to her friendship with Snoop, the lifestyle mogul continues to surprise

Salon

Resistance by Jacinta Halloran review – a perceptive novel about secrets and shame

Halloran’s fourth novel follows a therapist who becomes obsessed with her new clients, a family court-mandated to see her after a strange event

The Guardian - AU

Our pick of 7 of the best documentaries about women to watch on International Women’s Day

From Pamela Anderson to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, these inspiring true stories will have you tuning in again and again

Evening Standard

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Los Angeles Times

Linda Kasabian, Charles Manson follower who helped send him to prison, dies at 73

LOS ANGELES — In 1969, 20-year-old Linda Kasabian came to California to find God. Instead, she found Charles Manson.

The Guardian - US

From Scorsese to Hockney: New York exhibition celebrates portraits of artists

The portraiture of Brigitte Lacombe, Catherine Opie and Tacita Dean is spotlighted in a grand love letter to art and artists

The Guardian - UK

Phoebe Philo is back with a long-awaited collection – just when we need her most

In this week’s newsletter: Forget Pharrell joining Louis Vuitton, Phoebe Philo’s return to fashion’s frontline is the style story to get excited about

The Independent UK

Didion-Dunne archives acquired by New York Public Library

The archives of the late Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne have been acquired by the New York Public Library

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Tribune News Service

Top Los Angeles museum shows to see this winter

Seeing more than one museum show in Los Angeles in a single day isn’t easy — the exhibitions are spread too far apart, and looking at art can be exhausting. Pace yourself, and you won’t even mind the schlepping (read: traffic) or miss that winter SoCal sun.

Tribune News Service

10 books that 10 critics loved this year

“When Women Were Dragons,” by Kelly Barnhill. (Doubleday, $28.)

The Guardian - AU

Bereavement often takes our sense of self – but it can be regained

We may be for ever altered by the death of a loved one, but we will eventually be able to reintegrate into life

The Independent UK

Joan Didion’s in the details: The author’s estate sale turned me into a literary voyeur

When the stylish and formidable writer of ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ and ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’ died last year, she left behind a Manhattan apartment brimming with intrigue, writes Amanda Whiting

The Guardian - UK

$26k for Joan Didion’s old books? Why are the rich obsessed with dead authors’ stuff?

She was no stranger to self-mythologising. But the prices fetched at her estate sale were more about glamour seeking substance, says writer Rachel Connolly

The Guardian - AU

Want to buy Joan Didion’s sunglasses? That’ll be $27,000. Her broken clock? $35,000

Auction of the late writer’s estate sees prices soar thousands of dollars over estimates – but it is all going to a good cause

The Conversation

Joan Didion for sale: the auction of the author's belongings reveals the grand fiction of her image

There are few writers as visually distinctive as Joan Didion. We have glimpses of her as a young reporter with her delicately poised silk scarf and anorak. A decade later we see her on the porch of her Malibu home, casting an ironic glance at her partner and daughter in…

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