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Scottish festival cuts ties with sponsor amid threat of boycotts over Israel links

A LEADING Scottish festival has cut ties with one of its key sponsors after the threat of boycotts due to alleged links to Israel and fossil fuel…

The National (Scotland)

Summer Camp review – Diane Keaton and pals reunite in so-so friendship comedy

The star hopes for some more of that Book Club magic although she’s the weakest link in a trio buoyed by Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard

The Guardian - US

Don Webb obituary

Playwright and scriptwriter who worked on Juliet Bravo, The Bill and Rockliffe’s Babies

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How Queen Letizia of Spain left King Felipe ‘crushed’ by her ‘infidelities’, according to bombshell royal book

Royal book accuses Queen of having affair with former partner while married

The Independent UK

Clerk over Alex Murdaugh trial spent thousands on bonuses, meals and gifts, ethics complaint says

South Carolina officials have filed 76 counts of ethics violations against the court clerk who handled the Alex Murdaugh murder trial

The Independent UK

We can only dream up a better future when we dig into the unfinished past

The US philosopher and literary critic, Fredric Jameson, once claimed that it is “easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism”. As quotes go, this one captures an important aspect of our times, which is that we seem unable to imagine a world different from…

The Conversation

Crosby-Schøyen Codex: ancient Coptic manuscript reveals sermon that spurred violence against Jews

The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, an important early Christian book containing five distinct texts all copied by the same scribe, is going up for auction in June at Christie’s in London. If you have a spare £2-£3 million, don’t miss this opportunity to own a key example of the birth of Christian…

The Conversation

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Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘I got stop and searched the week my hit novel came out’

Hot young writer Caleb Azumah Nelson tells Emma Loffhagen about how gentrification is changing Peckham, and why an incident with the Met shows the police still have a race problem

Evening Standard

Five of the best escapist books

From celebrity-clogged Italian villages to a Yorkshire Dales veterinary classic and an arty Manhattan affair, these books offer a dose of joy

The Guardian - UK

Romance Writers of America files for bankruptcy amid bitter racism battle

Group says membership crisis means it cannot pay conference contracts as top writer condemns RWA’s ‘retreat from commitment to equality’

The Guardian - US

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris review – fantastic beasts

An eagerly awaited sequel to the author’s debut is a wildly inventive fantasy noir of lush and surprising child-like wonder

The Guardian - UK

Naked Portrait by Rose Boyt review – under Lucian Freud’s gaze

The artist’s daughter tells the compelling story of sitting for him, but too often gets lost in the detail

The Guardian - UK

Remembering Liquid Sky, the cult 1990s New York fashion store that was ‘also a scene’

As a new book is released, Liquid Sky founders Claudia Rey and Carlos Slinger tell Wallpaper’s Mary Cleary about the downtown fashion store that attracted New York’s underground and had Chloë Sevigny as a sales clerk

Wallpaper

This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud review – an epic family odyssey

A Franco-Algerian family’s struggles since the second world war are intimately captured across continents and generations

The Guardian - UK

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Geek Girl review – this joyful adaptation is non-stop fun

The onscreen version of the bestselling YA novels loses absolutely none of the originals’ charm. It’s fresh, lively and energetic – with actors that channel the source material brilliantly

The Independent UK

'Star Trek' actor George Takei is determined to keep telling his Japanese American story

The incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, including children, who were labeled enemies during World War II, has traumatized and galvanized the Japanese American community over the decades

The Guardian - AU

Writing is lonely work but connecting with other novelists on zoom keeps me motivated

It’s not pretty but conference calls at dawn keep us showing up. We’ve got novels to write, which is the only work we really want to do

The Independent UK

White Canadian writer self-publishes book on race after traveling US in ‘Afro wig and Mocha shade foundation’

Book claims to be ‘most important book on American race relations that has ever been written’

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RFK Jr super PAC chair is publishing a tell-all memoir by Hunter Biden’s baby mama

Book includes ‘revelations that could well impact the outcome of the 2024 election,’ publisher says

The Guardian - UK

Geri Halliwell-Horner reveals writing advice she was given by top authors

Ex-Spice Girl tells Hay festival about tips from William Boyd and Jacqueline Wilson for children’s book

The Conversation

Pirates and politicians: what a 300-year-old book about the most notorious buccaneers reveals about British politics

Three hundred years ago, A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates by Captain Charles Johnson first hit the shelves of London’s booksellers. The book aimed, according to Johnson, to give “a distinct Relation of every Pyrate who has made any Figure”.

The Guardian - UK

Our obsession with origin is a global danger, says Jhumpa Lahiri

Flawed desire to restore authenticity and purity is fuelling right in US, India and Italy, author tells Hay festival

The Independent UK

Normal People stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal shock fans with ‘season two’ news

‘We’ve got some news to share,’ the actors said

Evening Standard

'We built our award-winning family home in Crystal Palace from scratch — here's how we did it'

Architect Will Burges thought he ought to get on with his self-build ambition — now his genius family home in Crystal Palace has been named as Riba London Small Project of the Year

The Guardian - UK

Godwin by Joseph O’Neill review – mining for goals

A comedic hunt for raw footballing talent in Africa explores a new kind of colonialism

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