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The Marbles review – thoughtful outline of case for giving the Parthenon marbles back to Greece

David Wilkinson’s personal exploration of the issues open-mindedly examines both sides of a contentious political debate

The Guardian - UK

Yes, You Could Be Both Openly Gay and Conservative in the '80s

The novelist Thomas Mallon's journals reveal a side of the '80s that the standard gay histories—and standard conservative histories—tend to ignore.

Reason

Graydon Carter hired Christopher Hitchens, pissed off Trump and revealed Deep Throat. He calls himself a ‘beta male’

The editor of Vanity Fair, Radhika Jones, is stepping down after seven years. Amid the media buzz about who might take her role – long considered a plum one – is a surprising question. “Is it still a good job?” asked the New York Times last week.

The Conversation

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The sad decline of Gore Vidal, America’s most acerbic writer and fearsome feuder

THE READING LIST: As the world approaches the centenary of the celebrated novelist, television pundit and all-around man of letters, Martin Chilton recalls his greatest work, most withering putdowns, and chronicles a career that devolved into ‘crackpot’ conspiracy theories, illness and, perhaps most depressing of all, boredom

The Independent UK

When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter review – all the fun of the Fair

In his memoir the former Vanity Fair editor and man-about-town recalls the golden age of glossy magazines, when sales were in the millions and ‘the budget had no ceiling’

The Guardian - UK

Journalist Graydon Carter: ‘If there was another 9/11 this week, I don’t think the world would rush to support us’

The former Vanity Fair editor on how #MeToo changed Hollywood, what Christopher Hitchens would make of the US today, and the value of a handkerchief

The Guardian - UK

We don’t tolerate prejudice at work. Why, pray, do we allow it in church?

When ancient moral codes clash with the values of a democracy, there should be only one winner

The Guardian - UK

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From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

What the US can teach us about free speech — Evgeny Lebedev talks to Sam Harris

Philosopher Sam Harris talks free speech, Islam and the future of the media with Evening Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev

Evening Standard

Henry Kissinger: Nobel Prize-winning ‘warmonger’ has died at age 100

An ‘enigmatic realist’ who fled Nazi Germany, Kissinger is remembered for ending the US war in Vietnam, opening China.

Al Jazeera

The moment Matthew Perry tore into ‘complete tool’ Peter Hitchens during Newsnight debate about drug addiction

Late actor called the controversial broadcaster and author ‘a complete tool’ while recalling the debate in his 2021 memoir

The Independent UK

The moment Matthew Perry tore into ‘complete tool’ Peter Hitchens during Newsnight debate about drug addiction

Late actor called the controversial broadcaster and author ‘a complete tool’ while recalling the debate in his 2021 memoir

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The Independent UK

The moment Matthew Perry tore into ‘complete tool’ Peter Hitchens during Newsnight debate about drug addiction

Late actor called the controversial broadcaster and author ‘a complete tool’ while recalling the debate in his 2021 memoir

Evening Standard

OPINION - Dylan Jones: ‘I was told Michael Wolff was dangerous…so I hired him as soon as I could’

‘Hold on tight as it’s going to be one hell of a ride’

The Independent UK

Martin Amis: A prolific writer who cast a caustic eye on society

His dark and wry dissections of modern culture redefined British literature in the 1980s

The Conversation

Kissinger at 100: his legacy might be mixed but his importance has been enormous

Henry Kissinger, who turns 100 on May 27, is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century international relations. The German-born American diplomat, scholar and strategist has left an indelible legacy in global politics that continues to act as a bookmark for international relations scholars, students and…

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The Week

Martin Amis: literary wunderkind who ‘blazed like a rocket’

A “blazing, once-in-a-generation talent”, Martin Amis “provoked, inspired and outraged readers ... across a literary career that set off like a rocket, and went on to dazzle, streak and burn for almost 50 years”, said Boyd Tonkin in The Guardian.

The Guardian - UK

‘Stylist extraordinaire’: worlds of literature and politics pay tribute to Martin Amis

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

The Conversation

The pre-eminent novelist-critic of his generation, Martin Amis's pyrotechnic prose captured life's destructive energies

Martin Amis, pre-eminent novelist-critic of his generation, has died at the age of 73. His dazzling, pyrotechnic prose dominated the world of English writing from the mid-1970s through the fin de siècle.

Los Angeles Times

Martin Amis, acclaimed British novelist and London scenester of '80s and '90s, dies at 73

Martin Amis, the acclaimed British author best known for “Money,” “London Fields” and a dozen other novels of flash, style and substance, who was also a fixture of the London literary scene, has died at age 73.

The Guardian - UK

Martin Amis obituary

Writer whose acrobatic wit defied gravity and solemnity and who epitomised literary fame in an age of glitz and hype

The Independent UK

Martin Amis, literary ‘enfant terrible’, dies aged 73

Author of ‘London Fields’ and ‘The Information’, who divided opinion over his writing style and personal views, died of oesophageal cancer at his home in Florida

The Guardian - UK

Martin Amis, era-defining British novelist, dies aged 73

The celebrated author of Money and London Fields, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene, died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in Florida

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