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The Latest Breaking News from Joan Didion

What I learned about loss and joy from Joan Didion, my mentor 60 years my senior

In Manhattan, I was in her orbit for nine years – quietly, she passed on a lifetime’s wisdom about grief, fear and hope, says author Cory Leadbeater

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‘A spy in the land of the privileged’: why Eve Babitz’s cult Hollywood memoir still matters 50 years on

In 70s LA, Eve Babitz partied with everyone from Salvador Dali to Jim Morrison, but she was also a trailblazing writer. As a new generation discover her work, her sister and agent celebrate her originality, ambition and lust for life

The Guardian - UK

5 Years Ago, Quentin Tarantino's Epic Cult Thriller Rewrote American History

In Quentin Tarantino's world, cowboys can still be heroes. In honor of its 5-year anniversary, it's time to revisit the 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Kill Bill' filmmaker's most recent film and latest masterpiece.

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The Uptown Local by Cory Leadbeater review – exploding the Joan Didion myth

A young writing assistant is swept up in the rarified world of the US literary icon in this funny, moving memoir

The Guardian - UK

A Family Affair review – Nicole Kidman’s hot age-gap romance quickly goes cold

Zac Efron plays a heartless airhead movie star who is much too hastily transformed into Kidman’s Mr Perfect

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The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne review – a Hollywood insider with an outsider’s eye

The actor’s star-studded memoir-cum-account of his sister’s murder could have been a clunky read, but his self-awareness, honesty and humour make the nephew of Joan Didion and son of Dominick Dunne an engaging narrator

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The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne review – Hollywood tales

A fond but frank memoir of an eccentric showbiz family shaped by tragedy

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‘I’ll never forgive or forget’ – Griffin Dunne on the darkness that overtook his gilded Hollywood upbringing

Griffin Dunne’s memoir is full of wonderful tales about Martin Scorsese, Carrie Fisher and Madonna. But the killing in 1982 of his 22-year-old sister – and the subsequent trial – overshadows everything

The Guardian - UK

The Ultimate Gemini Gift Guide for 2024

Presents for those born between May 21 and June 20

Evening Standard

Rebecca F Kuang: ‘I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion’

The author of bestseller Yellowface on her agent’s fears about publishing the novel, the joys of a social media purge and being a workaholic who gets bored easily

The Guardian - UK

Leonard Cohen: Hippie Troubadour and Forgotten Reactionary

As the legend of the singer–poet–sex symbol grows, fans rarely acknowledge his conservative streak

The Walrus

Best memoirs of all time

Delve into fascinating, gut-wrenching and healing snippets of life

Evening Standard

How to navigate "magical overthinking"

Salon chats with author Amanda Montell to learn more about cognitive biases in today's information age

Salon

Princess Anne, Larry David and the rise of the accidental style icon

From the Curb star’s smart-casual look to the royal’s trademark wraparound sunglasses, the concept comes up time and again – but is it a patronising assumption that their style is accidental?

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‘Reading is so sexy’: gen Z turns to physical books and libraries

Book sales boom as readers escape the ‘oversaturation and noise of the wild west digital landscape’

Salon

Patty Hearst: Victim, survivor or rebel?

Journalist and author Roger D. Rapoport breaks down all sides of Hearst's story in "Searching for Patty Hearst"

Evening Standard

Best short novels for a classic quick read in 2024

Ingenious storytelling in 300 pages or less

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21 of the Greatest American novels that everyone should read

From historical classics to postmodern marvels

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Salon

How "Fargo" women manage up

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

Evening Standard

Best light novels for a relaxing read

Relaxing reads for cosy evenings in

The Guardian - UK

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

Salon

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

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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

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