21 of the Greatest American novels that everyone should read From historical classics to postmodern marvels Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024
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 · Jan 9, 2024
Best light novels for a relaxing read Relaxing reads for cosy evenings in Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023
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 · Oct 27, 2023
‘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 · Oct 20, 2023
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 · Oct 2, 2023
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 · Sep 11, 2023
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 · Aug 25, 2023
Five Books About Retirement to Prepare You for Your Golden Years These books about retirement will help prepare you for your next stage through fiction and nonfiction. What's more, they are great reads! Kiplinger · Aug 13, 2023
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 · Jun 20, 2023
Martha has always been subversive From her new "Sports Illustrated" cover to her friendship with Snoop, the lifestyle mogul continues to surprise Salon · May 16, 2023
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 · Mar 23, 2023
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 · Mar 8, 2023
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. Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2023
The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2023 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 · Feb 17, 2023 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 · Jan 27, 2023 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
Tribune News Service · Dec 5, 2022 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 · Nov 30, 2022 10 books that 10 critics loved this year “When Women Were Dragons,” by Kelly Barnhill. (Doubleday, $28.)
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2022 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 · Nov 20, 2022 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 · Nov 19, 2022 $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 · Nov 17, 2022 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 · Nov 16, 2022 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…
WEKU · Nov 16, 2022 Writer Joan Didion's possessions sell for eye-popping prices at auction The late author Joan Didion was an exemplar of the New Journalism of the 1960s. Many fans traveled to Hudson, N.Y., to see some of her possessions up for auction. A pair of sunglass fetched $27,000.