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God, I loved Martin Amis. There’s a video on YouTube that I must have watched a dozen times, where he’s lounging in a library with Clive James, puffing cigarettes and talking books.

One of the lesser honours afforded to the celebrated writer Martin Amis, who died at the weekend aged 73, was perennial status in this Diary column.

The headlines are as abundant as they are dystopian:

He saw the world’s cruel absurdities through a comic lens, writes Boyd, who recalls his very first meeting with Amis – and explains why his unmistakable voice will never be forgotten

A car chase through a major city; a member of the British royal family pursued by paparazzi desperate for their money shot. Prince Harry and Meghan’s stressful experience trying to escape photographers Tuesday night in New York City felt all too familiar. It immediately drew comparisons to the tragic car…

He exploded into the tweedy world of literature, a young, pouting and outrageously brash crusader for prose. Our writer remembers her encounters with the novelist, whose smarts and chutzpah confounded his peers

It can be surprising when things are not what they seem. Take books, for example.

Fellow writers including Salman Rushdie express their admiration for British novelist who has died aged 73

Cookbook author Tracey Medeiros talks about Vermont's unique foodways and shares farm-fresh recipes