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The Case for Never Reading the Book Jacket

I don’t want to be told what’s going to happen and I definitely don’t want to be told what the book is “about”

The Walrus

The anti-Scots rejection letter that spurred on Scotland’s next Scriever

SUSI Briggs – who is due to become the next Scots Scriever in January – began dedicating herself to the language after one particular incident…

The National (Scotland)

William and Kate adopt ‘just get on with it’ mantra amid furore over new royal book

The business-as-usual approach has been likened to the attitude of Prince William’s grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh

Evening Standard

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King Charles ‘snubbed’ granddaughter Lilibet’s christening despite this communication breakthrough

Tell-all book claims King Charles' was a no-show at Lilibet's christening despite being in touch

GoodToKnow

Kate ‘cold’ and William ‘snobbish’ to Meghan, new book on royal family claims

Omid Scobie’s book, Endgame, asserts that the monarchy is ‘in a crisis’ and a ‘fight for survival’.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Endgame by Omid Scobie review: An absolute turkey, an embarrassment to Harry and Meghan, and Scobie can't write for nuts

Is this it? Seriously? Omid Scobie’s Endgame promises to show us the dark side of the royals, to sacrifice the insider status which you can only get “by continuing to ignore the ongoing constitutional corruption in the Palace’s inner sanctum”. “In the past I, like others, have held back on…

Evening Standard

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

Terry Hayes’s gripping second novel was worth the 10-year wait, while Michael Caine’s first thriller has bags of energy and rises above cliche – plus a creepily compelling tale of reality TV and a cryptic cracker

The Guardian - UK

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My Account by Coleen Rooney review – Wagatha, Wayne and red-top feeding frenzies

The footballer’s wife lays bare her journey from Croxteth chippie to modelling Gucci for Vogue – but the most eye-opening passages are fuelled by domesticity, not celebrity

The Guardian - UK

Book Claims 'Harry & Meghan' Netflix Series Left King Charles III 'Fuming'

The show allegedly shifted media attention from His Majesty's early months as the new monarch.

International Business Times UK

Nine royal revelations from Omid Scobie’s scathing new book Endgame

Finding Freedom author’s latest ‘insider’ book tackles Prince William’s ambitions and his relationship with father Charles

The Independent UK

Free speech groups criticise German ban on Russian journalists’ book

Russian businessman claims book defamed him, while authors say aim is to destroy their reputation

The Guardian - UK

Book Claims King Charles III Snubbed Prince Harry's Attempts To Reconcile

Royal author Omid Scobie says the monarch frustrates royal family members over his unwillingness to "fix things" with his youngest son.

International Business Times UK

Meghan Markle could be the new Martha Stewart, says Endgame author Omid Scobie

Scobie’s new book ‘Endgame’ about the royal family will be released on 28 November

The Independent UK

Endgame author Omid Scobie interview: Meghan, Harry, Kate and why the royals are tearing themselves apart

He’s the ‘royal insider’ often thought to be Harry and Meghan’s personal spokesperson who has now published a new blockbuster book full of killer revelations about the royal family and the blistering rows that could spell the end of the monarchy as we know it today. Here, Robbie Griffiths sits…

Evening Standard

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Endgame: The 10 most shocking revelations from royal ‘insider’ Omid Scobie’s new book

From a spoilt King Charles to William and Harry’s private disagreements over Diana, and what Kate really thought about Meghan, we reveal the biggest takeaways from the Finding Freedom author’s latest bombshell book

The Independent UK

Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY's Adult Survivors Act

For a year, New York’s Adult Survivors Act gave adults claiming they had been sexually assaulted a chance to file civil lawsuits, no matter how long ago the assaults occurred

Broadcasting & Cable

Book Review: ‘Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV’

Peter Biskind’s book on how peak TV came to be, and what happened when Netflix entered the game

Inverse

The Sexiest Sci-Fi Mech Game Just Got a Huge Discount on Steam

For fans of 'Evangelion', visual novels, and queer flirting, 'Heaven Will Be Mine' is the best game to buy during Steam's Autumn Sale.

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Clinic Worker Is Troubled That People In The Waiting Room Don’t Smile, Asks “What’s Wrong, Y’all”

A woman who brought her husband to a clinic on an early, gloomy morning was met by loud Christmas music and an overexcited receptionist demanding smiles.

The Guardian - UK

‘This is a wake-up call’: Booker winner Paul Lynch on his novel about a fascist Ireland

The writer was on the operating table for cancer, then exactly a year later he found out his nightmarish vision had made the shortlist. He reveals why the words for Prophet Song came out with such urgency, there was no time for paragraph breaks

Marie Claire

'Alice Sadie Celine' Is Our December Book Club Pick

Read an excerpt of Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's novel, here, then dive in with us throughout the month.

Evening Standard

Harry and Meghan 'happy in the US' and don't want to return to UK, says royal author

Royal author Omid Scobie's new book Endgame is released on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Khaled Khalifa obituary

Syrian author of six novels about his war-riven country, including the award-winning No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

The Conversation

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch: Booker prize-winning novel is a distinctly Irish tale of civic and ideological collapse

The philosopher Hannah Arendt’s much-quoted description of the “banality of evil” could be applied to the disquieting story told in Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. The Booker prize-winning novel is a perfect study of the banality of totalitarianism.

Evening Standard

Royal aides 'wiped away tears' when they heard Meghan had left The Firm, author claims

Omid Scobie's bombshell new royal biography, Endgame, is published today and counters previous bullying allegations made against the Sussexes by staff

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