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Father and Son by Jonathan Raban review – salute to a complicated father

The late travel writer and novelist’s study of his dad – brave soldier, man of the cloth but also snob and antisemite – offers a beautifully written portrait rather than judgment

The Guardian - UK

Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish review – English eccentric and talk of the town

This peppy study of the 17th-century prolific author and ‘semi-mythical creature’ reveals a dramatic life that would make for a great film

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: how Hitchhiker’s Guide author predicted rise of ebooks 30 years ago

In unseen notes to be published in a new book, Douglas Adams foresaw the success of a host of technology we now take for granted

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Teacher to leave profession to write historical novels after lottery win

Mike Law decided to change careers a year ago but stayed to ensure his GCSE students finished their exams.

The Independent UK

Claire Keegan: ‘I can’t explain my work. I just write stories’

The much-acclaimed Irish author of Small Things Like These on her quietly devastating new story and why George Saunders wouldn’t read it aloud for a podcast

The Guardian - UK

India will play an important role in trade realignment globally: Former U.S. Assistant Commerce Secretary Arun Kumar

India can play a pivotal role in global manufacturing post-pandemic, says Arun Kumar, former US Assistant Sec. of Commerce. He envisions a world where nations have learnt from the havoc wreaked by centralising manufacturing in China. His new book, The Global Trade Paradigm, explores how to rethink international business.

The Hindu

Mohamed Al Fayed: perennial outsider, savvy businessman and grief-broken father

The larger-than-life ex-Harrods owner, who has died aged 94, was never far from the headlines or controversy but was an indomitably bold figure

The Guardian - UK

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‘It is nice to be adored, until it isn’t’: Anne Enright on the problem with unrequited love

Young, smart and beautiful, Hilda Moriarty became the muse behind Kavanagh’s famous poem On Raglan Road – and the object of his unwanted affection. Anne Enright explores the poet’s obsessions in an age of unrequited love

The Guardian - UK

The Farmer’s Wife by Helen Rebanks review – farm to fork

Food and family life in a grounded companion piece to the writer’s husband’s The Shepherd’s Life

The Guardian - UK

Coimbatore Reads: A silent reading community to find new books and friends

Coimbatore Reads is one of the many chapters of Cubbon Reads, which has sparked a silent reading movement in several parts of the world

The Hindu

The Guardian view on Shakespeare’s First Folio: the sum of its history

Editorial: The year of its 400th anniversary is a moment to think about the true value of one of the world’s most expensive books

The Guardian - UK

Diana documentary features unheard audio clips about royal family

Upcoming documentary Diana: The Rest Of Her Story serves as a follow-up to 2017 film Diana: In Her Own Words.

The Independent UK

Woman bullied over skin blistering disorder writing books to stop other children ‘feeling like freaks’

Vie Portland, 52, was born with a rare inherited skin disorder which caused her to get ‘bullied’ and feel ‘like a freak’ throughout her childhood

The Independent UK

What we know about Joe Biden’s ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment options

Former president received prostate cancer diagnosis last week after a routine exam uncovered a ‘small nodule’

The Independent UK

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Small Axe star Alex Wheatle: I want my prostate cancer diagnosis to raise awareness for Black men

Exclusive: The author, whose life featured in Steve McQueen’s BBC series Small Axe, speaks to Nadine White about his shock diagnosis and how prostate cancer affects twice as many Black men as white

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries on book delay: Downing Street’s pushing a line I’ve been silenced

The Plot: The Political Assassination Of Boris Johnson will now be released on November 9.

The Guardian - UK

I Could Read the Sky by Timothy O’Grady audiobook review – tender tale of an Irish expat

The author narrates his spare, poetic novel about a man recalling his past, with music from fiddler Martin Hayes

The Conversation

How J.R.R. Tolkien's novels were inspired by Medieval poems of 'northern bravery'

In a moment of distraction from the laborious work of marking an “enormous pile of examination papers”, J.R.R. Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, “in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”.

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The Guardian - UK

Lynda La Plante: ‘Raymond Chandler’s books make me laugh out loud’

The novelist and screenwriter on learning to read with dyslexia, being inspired by the great playwrights, and why she could never read Little Women again

The Guardian - UK

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review – sex, drugs and ennui in Belfast

Melancholy permeates a sardonic tragicomedy in which the hangover of the Troubles is never far from the surface

The Guardian - UK

Politicians, not curators, are to blame for the British Museum’s woes

The scandal over alleged thefts is a terrible blow for a museum Conservatives have starved of funding and respect, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

What Went Wrong With Brexit by Peter Foster review – state of denial

A book that lays bare the absurd claims Brexit would reduce red tape – but leaves austerity out of the analysis

The Guardian - UK

Society of Authors calls use of bad reviews for book blurbs ‘morally questionable’

After several critics complained of being quoted out of context on the covers of Jordan Peterson’s new book, the industry body has spoken out against the practice

The Independent UK

Using psychedelics to treat mental illnesses ‘not hippy movement,’ expert says

Professor David Nutt will appear before Scottish Parliament to discuss drug policies

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge bars Texas from enforcing book rating law

House Bill 900 requires book vendors to rate all their materials based on their depictions or references to sex before selling them to schools. Vendors say the law aims to regulate protected speech with “vague and over broad” terms.

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