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Meet the 10 best new novelists for 2023

Our annual pick of the best debut authors has previously included Sally Rooney and Douglas Stuart. Here we talk to this year’s hottest prospects

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Best hotels in Paris: where to stay for luxury and location

Parisian chic is back in vogue thanks to Emily in Paris; our experts pick their favourite places to stay in the City of Lights

The Independent UK

10 traditional Paris shops where you can buy a piece of history

Forget hipsterville and instead embrace the traditional with these Parisian stalwarts

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The New Life by Tom Crewe review – desire on trial

Inspired by the fight to change the law and social mores in Victorian England, this excellent debut dramatises physical intensity and moral dilemmas

The Guardian - UK

The secret, vibrant life of Paris's famed Père Lachaise cemetery

Père Lachaise is world-famous as the resting place of writers, musicians, artists and thinkers. But Benoît Gallot, curator of the storied cemetery, has been sharing pictures of the wildlife that thrives among the tombs and giving a glimpse of another side to the Parisian landmark.

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'I visited the UK's first and only Queer museum and it's worth the train journey'

The museum is a celebration of queer culture, providing an insight into the community's rich and complex histories

Liverpool Echo

Artist Nan Goldin on addiction and taking on the Sackler dynasty: ‘I wanted to tell my truth’

Her battle against the billionaires who fuelled the opioid epidemic upended the art establishment. As a film about her life is released, she talks about family tragedy and her journey to activism

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Some Loudmouth Politicians Are Finally Wearing Out Their Welcome

Voters gave a cold shoulder to candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and Los Angeles County voters gave the heave-ho to Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

Reason

National Portrait Gallery will get new wing as part of refurbishment

The Blavatnik Wing will host portraits of Charles Darwin, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, the Bronte sisters and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Evening Standard

Unleash Auntie’s treasure trove of archive wonders

Today is the centenary of the first broadcast radio programme on the BBC, a news bulletin that included the snooker scores, court news from the Old Bailey and fog problems in London. It included radio stations from around the country… the one in Manchester aired the first children’s programme, featuring…

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‘I don’t have those stone testicles’: curator reveals secrets and myths of Paris’s famous cemetery

Benoît Gallot balances the needs of the city with those beating a path to legends such as Oscar Wilde at Père-Lachaise

The Guardian - UK

The Importance of Being Earnest at the Rose Theatre review: boisterous and fresh take on Oscar Wilde’s classic

Award winning director Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s production borders on the unsubtle but it’s great fun

Evening Standard

Review: The Picture Of Dorian Gray: The good, evil and the picture in the attic

WHEN looking to recommend classic novels to young people, I look to the first one I read.

The National (Scotland)

Best LGBTQ+ books: Must-read classic and modern novels

Dive into the perspective of the LGBTQ+ community

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Your chance to live on street called home by David Bowie and George Best

Oakley Street has been occupied by famous faces including Bob Marley and Oscar Wilde

Wales Online

House in street where Oscar Wilde, David Bowie and George Best lived now on sale for £10m

While it was built in 1870 the house has only had three owners in its lifetime.

AAP

Chipper murder accused evoked dead mum

The prosecutor in a murder trial has adopted a line from Oscar Wilde: "To lose one friend through a woodchipper is unfortunate, to lose two is incredible".

The Independent UK

From Bedknobs and Broomsticks to Murder, She Wrote, Angela Lansbury’s enduring appeal was no mystery

The star of ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ died on Tuesday leaving behind a remarkably varied legacy from her 80-year career in Hollywood, writes Kevin E G Perry

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Angela Lansbury: Enduring appeal of Murder, She Wrote star was no mystery

The star of ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ died on Tuesday leaving behind a remarkably varied legacy from her 80-year career in Hollywood, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Guardian - UK

The Importance of Being Earnest review – knockabout fun with Wilde’s genteel wit

Denzel Westley-Sanderson’s staging of the high-society comedy adds a welcome dose of playfulness amid the cucumber sandwiches

Salon

The queer horror of "Dracula"

A lavender-tinted look at Bram Stoker and the seminal novel he wrote 125 years ago

Evening Standard

Who is Olivia Wilde, what has she starred in and relationship timeline with Harry Styles

The actor and filmmaker played Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television series House

The Guardian - UK

Batting for Godot: the play about Beckett and Pinter teaming up for a game of cricket

The two titans of modern drama were both cricket obsessives. What if they had faced the fast bowlers together? Playwright Shomit Dutta explains why he made it happen – with darkly comic drama Stumped

Evening Standard

The Cadogan: A luxurious London bolthole with charm and history

Oscar Wilde’s favourite hotel scores highly on location, moreish cocktails and impeccable service, says Lizzie Edmonds

The Guardian - UK

From Gentleman Jack’s hat to Olly Alexander’s cape: 10 objects that tell Britain’s queer history

With drag queens’ dresses, erotic drawings, even a prison door, Queer Britain’s new exhibition distills centuries of LGBTQ+ life. Here are the highlights

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