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‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde

Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers

The Guardian - UK

Paris launches lottery for burial plots near Jim Morrison, Édith Piaf and Oscar Wilde

Fancy having your final resting place next to the stars? Parisians are being offered the chance to win a burial spot among some of history's most famous artists, including the Doors' Jim Morrison, author Oscar Wilde and French singer Édith Piaf.

Euronews

The Guardian has only ever published 18 zero-star reviews. Here they all are

As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned since we’ve been online. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!

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Harris Reed's guide to London: Brat, Notting Hill dive shops and Dash water

The British-American fashion designer shares his favourite beauty spots and the perfect place for a cultured first date in the capital

Evening Standard

A congressman’s ex got a protective order against him. His boss has little to say about it

This isn’t the first time Cory Mills has faced allegations of misconduct – but the House speaker wants to talk about ‘serious’ things

The Guardian - US

The hidden tragedies of Wilde’s legacy

It’s impossible not to flinch at the boys’ trauma. They were separated to conceal their identity

Evening Standard

Hidden London: James J Fox

For almost 240 years, the shop has drawn the great and the good, from Churchill to Oscar Wilde

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Was Oscar Wilde Gay? Questions Resurface After His Library Card Is Reissued 130 Years After Being Revoked Over Suspicions of Homosexuality

Oscar Wilde's reading pass for the British Library was reissued after its revocation 130 years ago.

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Oscar Wilde’s library card reissued by the British Library 130 years after it was revoked

The British Library said they hoped to honour Wilde’s memory and ‘acknowledge the injustices and immense suffering he faced’

The Independent UK

After Oscar by Merlin Holland review – Wilde’s grandson on the legacy of a scandal

The playwright’s only living descendant traces the shadow cast by his trial – and his rehabilitation as a gay icon

The Guardian - UK

Tombstone tourism: Meet the travelling taphophiles obsessed with graveyards

A growing number of tourists are “rebelling against tick-box travel” by ditching the popular sights for a trip to the graveyard.

Euronews

Salomé review – breathtakingly boring spin on Oscar Wilde’s baroque tragedy

Maxim Didenko delivers Wilde’s version of the biblical tale with a blingy design, topless men in hoods and yodelling

The Guardian - UK

The Importance of Being Earnest review – Stephen Fry’s Lady Bracknell presides over merrily queered comedy

Max Webster’s frisky Oscar Wilde revival, first seen at the National Theatre, arrives in the West End with a new cast

The Guardian - UK

The Importance of Being Earnest: 'Stephen Fry's Lady Bracknell is the trump card'

3/5 An all-star cast takes on Oscar Wilde’s classic in hyper-camp style

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Take That singer Jason Orange's former West End apartment for sale for £2.85m

Jason Orange bought the newly-converted property in the Strand’s Gatti House in 2015, a year after leaving Take That

Evening Standard

House of Guinness: Real-life Guinness heirs steal spotlight at London premiere celebrating Netflix drama on brewing dynasty

Descendants of the legendary Irish brewing family, including Lady Mary Charteris and Daphne Guinness, joined the cast at London’s Picturehouse Central

Reason

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The Guardian - UK

The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aesthetics

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Stephen Fry's guide to London: dining at Row on 5 and getting a trim at Geo F Trumper

The actor loves hotel stays at Claridge’s, and dates at La Petite Maison

The Independent UK

Best luxury hotels in Dublin 2025, from celebrity favourites to Michelin-starred dining

From stylish getaways to relaxing spa breaks, Dublin’s array of luxury hotels will leave you feeling pampered and rejuvenated

Evening Standard

Hotel Café Royal reopens Oscar Wilde bar as grill restaurant

Until recently used for afternoon tea, the room is now a grill restaurant, as it was when the hotel first opened

The Guardian - UK

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

The Guardian - UK

Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon

How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explains his glorious allure

The Guardian - UK

‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?

As a small press launches dedicated to new male fiction, authors including Anne Enright and Nikesh Shukla ask if men are really being pushed out of publishing

The Conversation

Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a work of art activism beloved by Banksy

In 2021, Banksy revealed a mural of Oscar Wilde, clad in prisoner garb, making an escape from the abandoned Reading jail. The artist claimed that he would donate profits from the sale of the stencil he used to create the work (a projected £10 million) to set up an arts…

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