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Archival images of the writer's California home in 1972 are a masterclass in Spanish-style interiors – a designer explains how to recreate them

The writer's living room is an autobiography, featuring a stunning collection of antiques, rows of books, and lived-in furniture

The Girls creator has moved from New York to London – and I did the reverse. Until one day I realised I didn’t want to die there, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Joan Didion, who died in 2021, never intended Notes to John to be published. They are, as the title intimates, notes to her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and they are about meetings with her psychiatrist, Dr Roger MacKinnon, over the course of a little more than a year, beginning in…

Letter: Responding to an editorial about the publication of Notes to John, Clare Reihill writes that the late American writer never left anything to chance

There’s a crude fascination in seeing the contents of a literary celebrity’s therapy sessions, but no one comes out of it well

From Samuel Pepys to Joan Didion, many literary greats wrote for no one but themselves – then found posterity pawing through their secrets. Trust me: you don’t want to know my innermost thoughts

Editorial: Would the legendary American writer have welcomed the publication of her therapy notes? It seems unlikely

The writer’s previously unpublished notes from her sessions with a psychiatrist offer an incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression and creativity