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‘A temple of food’: London’s grande dame Simpson’s in the Strand rises again

As the storied London dining room reopens on its bicentenary, restaurateur Jeremy King honours its heritage while restoring a faded icon

The Guardian - UK

Richard Ayoade among authors in running to have pig named after book

The comedian is tipped for the Wodehouse prize for comic fiction alongside Outnumbered co-writer Guy Jenkin and Sandi Toksvig

The Guardian - UK

‘Trump is a horror story, isn’t he?’ Stephen King on villains, dark secrets and dreams

One of the world’s most successful authors answers readers’ questions on his sources of inspiration, the colour of fear, knowing when to quit – and why manual labour is invaluable for writers

The Guardian - UK

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David Nicholls heads shortlist for Wodehouse comic fiction prize

Judges praise the ‘sheer variety of comedy in play’ in nominated books by Nicholls, Dolly Alderton, Caroline O’Donoghue and Kaliane Bradley

The Guardian - UK

The Kellerby Code by Jonny Sweet review – social-climbing satire

This pitch-black debut, lurching from comedy of manners to grand guignol, will be catnip to fans of Saltburn

The Guardian - UK

Secret Coded Letters Of WWII 'Great Escape' Heroes Revealed

The mass 1944 breakout of Allied prisoners of war from the notorious Stalag Luft III camp was famously immortalised by Hollywood.

International Business Times

Phew, Eh Readers? The Life and Writing of Tom Hibbert review – the PG Wodehouse of pop journalism

As this collection illustrates, the late Smash Hits and Q scribe was an inimitable master of mischief whose interviews skewered everyone from Bros to Margaret Thatcher

The Guardian - UK

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The ultimate summer reading list: 15 funny books to make you laugh

From hilarious fiction by Terry Pratchett and PG Wodehouse to memoirs by Patricia Lockwood and Adam Kay, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

The Guardian - AU

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s prized book and music collection ensnared for thousands

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

The Independent UK

Love for books

Reading is key to education success; I learned this when I was 9 and met a boy at the bus stop who asked if I read story books. We discovered authors like Enid Blyton, W.E. Jones, Anthony Buckeridge, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.K. Narayan, and P.G. Wodehouse. Reading these books helped…

The Hindu

Human brain ‘most fertile’ in later years: Ruskin Bond on why writers should not retire

The human brain, unlike the body, keeps "ticking away" and is at its "most fertile" in the later years, says popular author Ruskin Bond as he encourages writers in their 60s or early 70s to take leaf out of the books of legendary writers Agatha Christie and PG Wodehouse and…

The Times of India

Andrew Lloyd Webber recalls final moments with his son Nick in emotional essay

The music composer declared it was ‘a season of goodbyes, personal and public’ after losing son Nick and bringing down the curtain on musical Phantom of the Opera on Broadway after 35 years

Evening Standard

Valuable PG Wodehouse books saved from landfill

One of the books is thought to be worth more than £200

Wales Online

We Danced on Our Desks by Philip Norman review – an unbeatable portrait of a writer finding his voice

The Beatles biographer evokes the energy and glamour of the 1960s in this droll and vivid account of his years on the Sunday Times Magazine

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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 Hindu

India A vs New Zealand A, 2nd Test | Wet ground conditions rule out play on day 1

Though the day was sunny, overnight drizzle had done the damage

The Hindu

Comical that Wodehouse is considered a security risk: Bombay HC

Bhima-Koregaon accused denied access to humorist’s book, basic amenities by jail authorities

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