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In 1961, shortly after John F. Kennedy had been sworn in as president, two journalists, Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey, set to writing a political thriller. It was inspired by the unsettling behavior of two generals, Edwin Walker and Curtis LeMay, both of whom had a history of using…

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Paris: The Memoir review – how a celebrity nymph conquered the Earth

With its dizzying spirituality and devotion to ‘sacred’ skincare, Paris Hilton’s memoir exposes a culture in which the self only exists if validated by a selfie

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‘A billion listens? Is that a lot?’ John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world’s favourite poem

I Wanna Be Yours, a love poem that rhymes Ford Cortina with vacuum cleaner, has been a school text and a wedding staple. But now, thanks to TikTok and Arctic Monkeys, it has gone spectacularly global. So who was it written for?

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Our Fathers Fought Franco: How one Lothian coalminer joined the fight against fascism

IN the new book Our Fathers Fought Franco (Luath Press), edited by Willy Maley, four adult children tell the stories of their fathers. Here’s an…

The National (Scotland)

It's time to return to a series which changed a genre

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Second World War investigations which throw light on need for Covid inquiry

WHOSE side are you on? Gary Lineker or the BBC bosses? That was an easy one. Ash or Kate or Humza? Harder. OK, how about Isabel Oakeshott or Matt…

The National (Scotland)

Where to eat in Brooklyn right now

From Shalom Japan to Rana Fifteen, here's where you need to stop for a bite

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Pensioner has lived in a converted lorry for 30 years and spends just £25 a week

Mike Leaver, 70, spends his days writing novels from his converted lorry that has been parked in the exact spot it broke down for 20 years - he spent the previous years travelling 10 years

Daily Mirror

Bob Odenkirk continues his lucky streak

The actor returns to comedy, and fans following him may not miss Slipping Jimmy as much as they'd think

Salon

Pope Benedict XVI's aide acknowledges criticism over memoir

The longtime secretary to Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged that his tell-all memoir has been criticized for casting Pope Francis in an unfavorable light

The Independent UK

King Charles "punished" Prince Harry and Andrew with royal evictions, author claims

Royal biographer Christopher Andersen claims King Charles requested Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave Frogmore Cottage and Prince Andrew to vacate Royal Lodge to 'economise' but also 'punish' them.

Daily Record

In brief: The English Actor; Cursed Bread; The Restless Republic – reviews

A woolly history of stage acting; a sensuous tale of deadly obsession in a French town; and a seminal exploration of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate

The Guardian - UK

How to sell 30,000 copies of a self-published debut novel

The amazing success story of a Takapuna writer

Newsroom.co.nz

Does it pay to be a top author?

How hard is it for New Zealand authors to make a living from their craft?

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Cuddy by Benjamin Myers review – a polyphonic hymn to the north-east

The novelist’s afterlife of St Cuthbert spans centuries and volumes, making for a vibrant alternative history of the region

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Mary Beard: ‘Everyone is policing everything, and the left are just as bad as the right’

The classicist on life on the culture wars’ frontline, what she owes her mother – and how pizza shaped her TV career

The Guardian - UK

Run, Rebel review – issues-led adaptation of Manjeet Mann’s YA novel

Jessica Kaur captivates as a talented teenage runner trying to escape her father’s expectations and violence in a vivid, if overlong production

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Tomás Nevinson by Javier Marías review – seductive and inescapably poignant

The Spanish novelist’s final book is a twisting espionage tale shot through with slantwise humour

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A Brief History of Time is ‘wrong’, Stephen Hawking told collaborator

Thomas Hertog worked with cosmologist on a new book after he shared his doubts about A Brief History of Time

The Guardian - UK

The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life review – one from the heart

Feminist philosopher Clare Carlisle illuminates George Elliot’s love life as well as the nightmarish marriages in her novels

The Guardian - UK

A Stranger in Your Own City by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad review – 20 years of frustration and fury in Iraq

The architects of the 2003 invasion promised change and democracy. This book shatters western assumptions, shows the effect on Iraqis of cycles of violence – and offers cautious hope

The National (Scotland)

The dusty old box labelled 'Dracula' that was almost binned – but held a treasure

MARKED “DRACULA”, the dusty old box lay in Louise Fyfe’s attic in her Ayrshire home for years.

The Guardian - AU

I believed readers only wanted trauma stories from writers of colour. Then I became an author

For so long, it seemed that readers were only interested in the experiences of people like me if we were traumatised, not triumphant – and I internalised this as an indisputable fact

The Independent UK

Michael Rosen echoes Gary Lineker comment during speech outside Downing Street

The former children’s laureate cited Lineker during a speech to hundreds of anti-racism protesters in Whitehall.

The Guardian - UK

Richard Milward: ‘I hid my writing like a secret vice’

The novelist on his latest book, a Charles Manson-inspired work written in slang, his love of the band Mogwai and the trials of sorting post for Royal Mail

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