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The Latest Breaking News from Thomas Hardy

Admiral Nelson’s actual final words as he died at the Battle of Trafalgar finally ‘revealed’

Letter also suggests Nelson was shot twice and not once as once thought

The Independent UK

Historic Thomas Hardy building in Dorchester gutted by fire

About 50 firefighters were called to the blaze, which spread through the Grade II listed building in South Street, Dorchester, early on Monday.

Evening Standard

Historic Thomas Hardy building in Dorchester damaged by fire

Property in Dorset town, known as Casterbridge in Hardy’s novels, was where he was apprenticed to an architect

The Guardian - UK

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The best biographies and memoirs of 2024

Salman Rushdie’s account of his near-fatal stabbing, a 360-degree view of Queen Elizabeth II and Al Pacino’s rags to riches career are among this year’s most compelling personal histories

The Guardian - UK

David Nicholls: ‘I’m genuinely deathly at a dinner party’

The bestselling author on why he finds it easier to be funny on the page, being inspired by Sue Townsend and Victoria Wood, and his struggle with the ending of You Are Here

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the season finale of Simon Bird’s hit doomsday preppers comedy

Is the end nigh for the Lewis family in Everyone Else Burns? Plus: the Taskmaster champion is crowned. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy

THE LIST: Catch up on 2024’s most illuminating life stories, encompassing tales of recovery, literary feuds and devastating betrayal, with Katie Rosseinsky’s edit of the best memoirs and biographies

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Inside I am smiling. So why do I always look so miserable?

I have a chronic case of resting not-happy face. But everything I try just makes it worse, says Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Arty outrage, ancient sweets and Abba’s nuptials – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Update: Wong alarmed by Middle East ‘escalation’; RBA holds cash rate; and Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ discovered

Foreign affairs minister says 2024 is on track to be the deadliest year on record for aid workers

The Guardian - AU

Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ under Thomas Hardy’s home given protected status

Enclosure found under late novelist’s garden is older than Salisbury monument and wins national recognition

The Guardian - UK

Why Dorset needs to be your next foodie staycation

The southwest county has become a haven for gastronomists, where organic produce and the freshest coastal plunder are cooked by trailblazing chefs. Rosalyn Wikeley rounds up the very best places to get a taste of the burgeoning scene

Evening Standard

The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy review – the writer’s poetry gets a sensuous second life in music

Outstanding performances by Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling and the Ligeti Quartet enrich atmospheric settings composed and arranged by Arthur Keegan

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s nothing else like it’: Dorset glow-worm survey charms volunteers

The insects are being looked after in a conservation project that encourages visitors to enjoy their ‘piercing’ light

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Beach books at the ready: authors pick their essential summer reads

From newly published novels to timeless classics, Elizabeth Strout, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Irvine Welsh, Tessa Hadley and other writers choose their holiday favourites

The Guardian - UK

The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen review – a sweeping Sámi epic

Scandinavian missionaries wreak destruction on the Sámi way of life in an atmospheric tale of love and colonial conflict

The Guardian - UK

‘Most paintings should have been burnt’: Augustus John’s granddaughter attacks artist’s later works

Celebrated painter ‘went down the drain from the 1930s’, claims Rebecca John in a new interview

Evening Standard

Best biographies of all time to add to your 2024 reading list

Intricate, academic explorations of lives and careers past

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Shock of the old: nine shrivelled hearts to celebrate the day of love

Richard the Lionheart, Robert the Bruce, Queen Marie of Romania … a whole who’s who of historical figures have had their hearts removed after their death. Meet the gang!

Woman & Home

Is One Day based on a true story? The real inspiration behind the heartbreaking Netflix series

Here's what you need to know about what One Day is based on, as the new series hits Netflix

The Guardian - UK

Ockham’s Razor: Tess review – circus spin finds light and laughter in Thomas Hardy’s tale

This company’s skills cleverly animate the characters in a dreamlike production that does not blunt the novel’s tragedy

The Guardian - UK

Hardy Women by Paula Byrne review – where love and fiction collide

An illuminating account of the women who inspired Thomas Hardy

The Guardian - UK

Hardy Women by Paula Byrne review – brilliant writer of women, very bad husband

An exhaustive biography of Thomas Hardy’s romantic life is most fascinating when it chronicles his complicated menage with his wife and a young typist

The Guardian - UK

Thomas Keneally: ‘When I met Barbara Kingsolver I burst into geriatric tears’

The Australian author on wise words from his mother, being blurbed by Graham Greene, and why it’s best to read Dostoyevsky when you’re 80

The Independent UK

The best non-fiction books to read in 2024

From candid memoirs to provocative essay collections, 2024’s forthcoming non-fiction is enticing. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to what you need on your reading pile

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