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King Charles breakfast habit debunked by former royal butler: ‘It doesn’t make sense’

Grant Harrold worked for the royal family from 2004 to 2011

The Independent UK

Bureaucrat Ashish Kundra’s new book ‘A Resurgent Northeast: Narratives of Change’ launched in New Delhi

Author, IAS officer, and senior bureaucrat Ashish Kundra's new book on the history of Northeast India and its people, ‘A Resurgent Northeast: Narratives of Change’, was released on April 21, 2023, at an event in New Delhi. The book was launched in the presence of Kiren Rijiju- Union Minister of…

The Times of India

No Love Lost: The Selected Novellas of Rachel Ingalls review – short, strange, superb

The author of Mrs Caliban is revealed as a mistress of macabre and mysterious short fiction in this addictive new collection

The Guardian - UK

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Judy Blume is "furious" over book bans

Salon spoke to filmmakers of Prime Video's doc about the beloved children's author who's no stranger to controversy

Salon

How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney review – secret shame and practical woodwork

The writer’s impressionistic second novel follows a pupil and teacher as they navigate the social codes of rural Ireland

The Guardian - UK

Never too late: over-50s urged to write fiction with prize for debut novel

Award launched at London book fair aims to help older authors take the plunge and submit a first work

The Guardian - UK

Clock watching: meet the artist who thinks time is ruining our lives

‘Clock time’, all about productivity, money and economic growth, threatens to destroy us, says artist Jenny Odell. But there are other kinds of time, and we need to learn to embrace them

The Guardian - UK

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My family’s next generation is full of budding writers

It’s also true that some of them can’t actually write yet

The Guardian - UK

‘My eyes filled with tears, my voice shook’: Simon Callow on coming face to face with Shakespeare’s First Folio

As the Swan of Avon celebrates his birthday on Sunday, the actor pays tribute to a ‘miraculous’ book that rescued plays such as The Tempest and Macbeth from oblivion

The Guardian - UK

The peculiar Edinburgh museum that fans of true crime should know about

The Surgeon's Hall Museum is housed within a spectacular building on Nicolson Street and is home to a range of incredible exhibits including a small book with a cover made from the skin of a famous Edinburgh killer.

Edinburgh Live

‘When people can talk about sex, they flourish’: the rise of sexual wellness

Advice on sex is available on myriad apps, sex toys are on the high street, and the science of sexual fufilment is blossoming. Will it all have the desired effect?

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: Ian Howorth conjures an idea of England

The Brighton-based photographer’s tragicomic eye captures the tired remains of a moment in the sun – and ponders Englishness in the process

The Guardian - UK

‘We slept in separate bedrooms for the last three years’: ex-couples on what went right – and wrong – in their sex life

From the first frantic lust-fuelled months, through to the dwindling desires on the road to breakup, former lovers (but still friends) recall the rollercoaster rides of their relationships

The Guardian - UK

Reasonable Cause to Suspect by Sally Lane review – my son, the enemy of the state

A mother’s frank and heartfelt tale of trying to free her son – labelled ‘Jihadi Jack’ by the press – from a Kurdish jail is the stuff of nightmares

The Guardian - UK

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The Times of India

The history of world book and copyright day

World Book and Copyright Day, also known as International Day of the Book, is a global observance that promotes reading, publishing, and protecting intellectual property rights. It is celebrated annually on April 23rd and has a rich history dating back to 1995 when it was proclaimed by the United Nations…

The Independent UK

Pineapple Street author Jenny Jackson: ‘There should not be 25-year-old billionaires, it makes no sense’

This year’s essential summer read is a smart pageturner about a family of one-per-centers in Brooklyn Heights. Editor turned debut novelist Jenny Jackson talks to Jessie Thompson about humanising the super-rich, how to solve income inequality, and what depresses her about publishing today

The National (Scotland)

Brutalism in Scotland looked great but ultimately it was a bit barking

A BUMPER book on Brutalist architecture – brilliant! I’m biased because I worked for a bit in one of Denys Lasdun’s masterpieces and grew up…

Liverpool Echo

Bold Street is a special place but could be in danger of losing its soul

The city centre street has long been an enclave of much-loved independent businesses

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Special song for LGBT+ community transformed into a storybook

THE stories we read to children in their first stages of learning cannot be underestimated in their importance

Los Angeles Times

Book bans are soaring in US schools, fueled largely by new laws in Republican-led states

Fearing criminal penalties, public schools throughout Missouri removed hundreds of books from their libraries after state lawmakers last year made it illegal to provide students with “sexually explicit” material — a new law that carried punishment of up to a year in prison.

The Guardian - UK

Underdogs Brighton triumphing in the most rigged casino game of all

Trust, courage, brains and a process: Sunday’s FA Cup semi-finalists have defied all the odds under Tony Bloom

The Times of India

Penguin to publish 'I'm a Climate Optimist' by activist Aakash Ranison

On World Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22 globally, Penguin Random House India announced the acquisition of a new non-fiction book on the environment by climate change activist Aakash Ranison. Titled 'I'm a Climate Optimist', the book will be released on World Environment Day, which will be marked…

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Celeste Ng: ‘There was a period when I thought I’d never write again’

The award-winning author on how Trump, Covid and anti-Asian rhetoric inspired her latest novel, digging her way out of ‘post-book fatigue’, and learning to touch type using Ulysses

Daily Mirror

Former police officer makes £500,000 a year from writing zombie thriller novels

Richard Haywood was on £38,000 a year as a police constable but now makes around half a million pounds a year from his highly successful book zombie book series, writing under the name RR Haywood

The Independent UK

Prince William ‘has no interest’ in speaking to Prince Harry before King’s coronation

William is reportedly ‘still upset’ about Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’

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