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Wuthering Heights casting row: most adaptations struggle with picking the right Heathcliff and Cathy, but we deserve better in 2024

How do you cast Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel about a child so brutalised by his adoptive family that he drives his pregnant love to death? Not, it would seem, like Emerald Fennell, the latest director to attempt it.

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8 of the best new gardening books this autumn

Practical advice, inspiration and money-saving gardening tips are all on offer.

The Independent UK

The Strangers by Ekow Eshun review – inside the minds of extraordinary Black men

The author inhabits the perspective of five figures, from Malcolm X to footballer Justin Fashanu, in this lyrical account of their lives, a thrilling affront to the archives that exclude them

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Is Jilly Cooper right – has running really replaced our sex drive?

The racy novelist said she thinks pounding pavements has taken the place of the, er, more X-rated form of pounding. Helen Coffey asks if she’s right – and whether exercise is really to blame for us going off the boil in the bedroom department

The Independent UK

Favre tries to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi auditor over welfare spending

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is trying to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Auditor Shad White

The Independent UK

Orion Sun unveils her path to self-discovery in a new album

Orion Sun found solace amongst the works of Audre Lorde while working on her self-titled album

The Independent UK

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson Reveals Queen Elizabeth Had "a Form of Bone Cancer" Before Her Death

Johnson shared some insights about the late monarch in his new memoir, 'Unleashed.'

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Best portable reading lights for travel to settle down with a good book anywhere

Lumos maxima! Portable reading lights which don’t require a magic wand

Evening Standard

Richard Webb obituary

Other lives: Publisher who turned a rediscovered manuscript into the global bestseller The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

The Guardian - UK

Michael Bowyer obituary

Other lives: Teacher and aviation historian who wrote many popular books about his subject

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Truman Capote

Want to get stuck in to the work of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s author? Here are some good ways in

The Guardian - UK

Elias Khoury obituary

Lebanese novelist best known for his 1998 book Gate of the Sun, which he said was an act of love for the Palestinian people

The Guardian - UK

Polari prize shortlists include Munroe Bergdorf, Jon Ransom and Lex Croucher

Prize founder Paul Burston says shortlisted books ‘remind us of the power of queer storytelling at a time when some would see our books and stories banned’

The Guardian - UK

Hedi Slimane’s latest Celine collection is an homage to the leading ladies of 1960s France: watch the film

Inspired by listening to The Velvet Underground and Nico while re-reading Françoise Sagan, Hedi Slimane pays ode to legendary French it-girls like Sagan, Françoise Hardy and Juliette Gréco with a collection rooted in the liberatory spirit of the 1960s

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Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – one for the ages

Key moments in an actor’s life over seven decades are illuminated with skill and quiet power in this languid and stately novel

The Guardian - AU

Concerns over Gender Queer book dismissed by Australian classifications board as anti-LGBTQ+, court hears

Barrister acting for Bernard Gaynor says board failed to engage with submissions – but counsel for minister of communications suggests some lacked context

The Independent UK

Anton du Beke says dancing helped him become an author as he shared passion for storytelling

The Strictly Come Dancing judge spoke about his latest novel at the Henley Literary Festival

Marie Claire

Prince William Used an Extremely Common Fake Name to Hide His Identity in College

A new book has revealed the pseudonym the Prince of Wales used to avoid media attention.

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Malcolm Turnbull condemns UK’s ‘extraordinary’ hypocrisy over Spycatcher affair

Exclusive: Former Australian PM witnessed ‘shocking act of perjury’ and says MI5 are still trying to hide something

Total Film

Teacup, a new horror series produced by The Conjuring creator, adapts "the spirit" of the novel it's based on and "not much else"

Exclusive: Teacup showrunner Ian McCulloch says he didn't feel "beholden" to his '80s source material

The Independent UK

Royal biographer gives insights into Charles’s first day as King

Robert Hardman spoke about the biography of Charles’s first 12 months at the Henley Literary Festival

Salon

"The Book of Carol" squanders our faith

Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride's chemistry just barely makes this bridge chapter worth the ride

The Independent UK

Novelist Robert Harris tells Henley Literary Festival that 20th-century politicians in love had it easier

Robert Harris discussed his latest novel Precipice at the festival on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Playground by Richard Powers review – an electrifyingly beautiful tale of tech and the ocean

The wonders of oceanic life shine through in a magical book that is at once Anthropocene novel, disquieting AI thriller, postcolonial allegory and a portrait of friendship

Total Film

Salem’s Lot director admits adapting the lengthy Stephen King novel was "more challenging" than he expected, leading to several characters being cut

Exclusive: Salem's Lot director Gary Dauberman explains how he made Stephen King's vampy novel fit into a movie

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