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White House officials visit Belfast ahead of potential Biden trip

The officials also toured sites in Dublin and elsewhere as part of planning for a presidential visit by Joe Biden to the island.

The Independent UK

Silence from Jeremy Corbyn’s allies after he is purged by Keir Starmer

Only Diane Abbott, Corbyn’s oldest ally, has spoken out

Evening Standard

Valentine's Day: why you should send a love letter not a text – with help from some of English’s greatest writers

Most of us, these days, communicate via text message, email and posts on social media. The age of the letter, it seems, is past.

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How Chaucer's medieval Wife of Bath was tamed and then liberated in the 21st century

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of the most famous characters in English literature. Since appearing in the Canterbury tales in 1387, her tale has been rewritten and adapted by authors from the French philosopher Voltaire in the 18th century to the contemporary author Zadie Smith in 2021.

The Conversation

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in December

Critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Conor McGregor makes delight clear after being named 'most famous Irishman in history'

Former two-weight UFC champion McGregor burst onto the scene in MMA's top promotion less than a decade ago, and has already had a legendary career in the octagon

Daily Mirror

Can you outwit Margaret Atwood? The bumper books quiz of 2022

Which author was this year elected to the US Senate? In what horror story does a vampire appear as a cat? Test your wits with questions set by authors

The Guardian - UK

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The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis review – a classic laid bare

TS Eliot’s life and influences are meticulously investigated in this impressive account of artistic creation

The Guardian - UK

The arts Christmas gift guide 2022: Dolly Parton dog wigs, Strictly tea towels, Bauhaus teapots and much more

From 007 socks to the Dark Side of the Spoon cookbook, from David Shrigley’s foot to AC/DC Monopoly, here are 40 perfect present ideas for culture-lovers everywhere

The Guardian - UK

John Banville: ‘There’s been a creeping retreat into infantilism’

The Booker prize winner on why revisiting his books makes him sick, killing off his crime-writing pseudonym, and the new wave of Irish novelists

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Burgess translation of Molière’s The Miser comes to light for first time

The A Clockwork Orange author’s translation – complete with recording – hailed as significant literary discovery

The Guardian - UK

Joyce’s Women review – Edna O’Brien offers a fresh view on her literary hero

O’Brien’s new play about her literary hero, imagining James Joyce through the eyes of the women in his life, is the hot ticket in Dublin

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Gutsy; Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg; Stuck; The Capture; Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton seek out inspirational women; Joe Lycett steals Laura Kuenssberg’s maiden show; and The Capture pulls off a rare feat

The Guardian - UK

New programmes worth staying in for dominate BBC Northern Ireland's autumn line-up

The line-up includes the return of daytime police drama Hope Street

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Salon

GOP's war on books: Only the beginning

Gutting public schools, targeting booksellers, shutting down libraries: Every censorship tactic is on the table

ABC News

From Tim Winton to Michael Robotham and Sarah Krasnostein, celebrated writers share their favourite re-reads

Miles Franklin winner Tim Winton, crime writer Michael Robotham, non-fiction author Sarah Krasnostein and others share the books they re-read for inspiration, comfort and insight.

The Guardian - UK

David Byrne obituary

Other lives: Hotelier and Dublin restaurateur who devised a Joycean breakfast menu to celebrate Bloomsday

The Guardian - UK

Underwood Lane review – John Byrne’s devilish divine comedy hits the right notes

The Paisley-born playwright and artist pays tribute to hometown hero Gerry Rafferty in a coming-of-age musical amplified by 60s pop hits

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Author Andrew O'Hagan on independence, creative process and male friendship

IN a study in London’s Primrose Hill, there’s a lot of what you would expect and a little of what you wouldn’t. Piles of books, a model…

The Guardian - AU

How to read: a guide to getting more out of the experience

Most of us can read, but is there a way to do it better? Faster? With more comprehension or even … joy?

The Independent UK

Bloomsday 2022: The joy of Joyce’s Ulysses is that it isn’t intuitive at all

Though the classic book is considered a stream-of-consciousness novel, we should perhaps regard it as the opposite, writes John Scholar

The Guardian - UK

Yell, Sam, If You Still Can by Maylis Besserie review – Beckett’s last days

A remarkable debut that imagines the Irish writer communing with lost loved ones in a Paris nursing home

The Guardian - UK

Ireland marks Bloomsday with play about Ulysses obscenity trial

1933 trial that vindicated ‘pornographic’ James Joyce novel made into play to be staged in Dublin

The Guardian - UK

I took the train to Trieste – here’s my guide

Next stop in our series marking the rail pass’s 50th birthday is the Italian city of Trieste, where literary past meets cosmopolitan present – and everyone goes to the seaside

AAP

More Australians paying for news: Report

The University of Canberra's Digital Media report shows growth in print journalism, with audiences turning their back on social media as a source of news.

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