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Syngenta CEO Jeff Rowe is incorporating AI and taking inspiration from timeless classics such as 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to help feed 8 billion people

Today Fortune speaks with Jeff Rowe to learn more about Syngenta's peculiar ownership structure, his farmer outfits and his love for the all-American John Deere.

Fortune

Who’s who in Capote vs The Swans: from Tom Hollander to Demi Moore

This star-studded adaptation promises scandal and intrigue

Evening Standard

Today’s lesson: The Boy at the Back of the Class now learns from To Kill a Mockingbird

Adapting Onjali Q Raúf’s novel for the stage proved a challenge but her refugee story, which has a new nod to Harper Lee, is both urgent and unforgettable

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Inspirational Quotes: Sandra Day O'Connor, Willie Stargell And Others

Read inspirational quotes about concentrating on what you're doing, welcoming changes in life and controlling mental stress.

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40 best books to read before you die, from Great Expectations to Wolf Hall

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Independent UK

40 best books to read before you die, from Wolf Hall to Wuthering Heights

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Independent UK

ChatGPT Plus vs. Google’s Bard

We put AI Chatbots Bard and ChatGPT Plus head-to-head. Find out which AI tool emerged victorious.

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Victoria Beckham says being a mum of four is like 'crowd control'

David and Victoria have four children together - Brooklyn, 23, Romeo, 20, Cruz, 17, and Harper, 11 - and the Spice Girls star admits she's lucky to have raised both boys and girls.

Daily Record

Special performance of To Kill A Mockingbird to school pupils for Black History Month

A performance of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ at the Gielgud Theatre was opened to over 600 secondary school pupils as part of Black History Month.

Evening Standard

Will high school "classics" be replaced?

Efforts to diversify the authors of high school canon is facing both backlash and approval

Salon

Lenny Henry on his roaring 60s, writing for kids and facing Lord of the Rings trolls: ‘They sit in their pants, slagging off anything different’

His mother warned him not to overstretch; his partner tells him to be more choosy. But Lenny Henry (actor, comedian, campaigner, author, hobbit) just can’t help himself

The Guardian - UK

Denise Mina: ‘All my reading is comfort reading’

The author on the underrated brilliance of PG Wodehouse, taking inspiration from Harper Lee, and the play that made her think differently about Northern Ireland

The Guardian - UK

Book shows personal side of ‘Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee

The book is like sitting on a porch and hearing tales of Lee’s childhood and family in rural Alabama, her later life in New York and everything in between.

Chicago Sun-Times

Book shows personal side of 'Mockingbird' author Harper Lee

A new book shows the personal side of the late “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee

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These high school 'classics' have been taught for generations – could they be on their way out?

If you went to high school in the United States anytime since the 1960s, you were likely assigned some of the following books: Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “Julius Caesar” and “Macbeth”; John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”; Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”; and…

The Independent UK

40 best books to read before you die, from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

Daily Mirror

Brits' favourite books to read on staycation - with Sally Rooney topping the list

Sally Rooney's 2021 literary fiction 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' came out ahead of the Harry Potter collection and 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

The Independent UK

The 40 best novels to read before you die OLD

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

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Chicago Sun-Times

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ wrestles with the past while seeking its place in the present

If written today, the work couldn’t be produced. It’s actually only because of its deep-rooted place in American culture that it’s worth doing, as Aaron Sorkin’s new adaptation attempts to articulate.

Chicago Sun-Times

Reshaped play, reshaped country key to the relevance of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

“We can only hope that [audiences] learn something, that they leave the theater more empathetic,” says actor Yeagel T. Welch, who stars as Tom Robinson.

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird; The Mozart Question; Clybourne Park – review

Rafe Spall is a fine Atticus in Aaron Sorkin’s somewhat awkward spin on Harper Lee; Jessica Daniels steers a sublime adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s tale; and Bruce Norris’s racial satire is snappily revived

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: To Kill a Mockingbird on the West End as timely as ever

It’s five stars and a standing ovation for writer Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic, To Kill a Mockingbird, which opened last night in the West End after transferring from Broadway.

Evening Standard

To Kill a Mockingbird review: all rise for this powerfully uplifting theatrical event

Rafe Spall brings a vitality to the role of Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s fresh adaption of Harper Lee’s classic novel

The Independent UK

Gavin Newsom mocked for complaining about ‘banned’ books – including one removed from schools in his own state

To Kill a Mockingbird was removed from school reading lists in Burbank over racist language

Investors Business Daily

Inspirational Quotes: Dale Carnegie, Harper Lee And Others

Read inspirational quotes about connecting with people, getting teammates to click with each other and repeating a task until you perfect it.

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