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Trump's L.A. National Guard Deployment Stands on Shaky Legal Ground

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Reason

In brief: A Piece of Work; The Mighty Red; Jerusalem – review

Simon Russell Beale’s memoir favours Shakespearean insight over showbiz gossip; a love triangle continues Louise Erdrich’s literary winning streak; and a new edition brings the holy city’s epic history up to date

The Guardian - UK

Cliveden Literary Festival: Champagne, Chanel and Hollywood

It’s been a tough year for literary festivals, with sponsor Baillie Gifford cutting ties with Hay and Edinburgh. But in the grounds of Buckinghamshire’s Cliveden House, Will Hosie finds one that is thriving.

Evening Standard

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Back in the USSR? Malcolm Knox’s dark comedy leans into the ridiculous

Fans of Soviet history and/or the 2017 comedy film, The Death of Stalin, will remember Levrentiy Pavlovich Beria as the ruthless would-be successor to a certain General Secretary left lying on the floor in a puddle of his own urine following a stroke because, as historian Simon Sebag Montefiore puts…

The Conversation

Literary friction in the Cliveden set over Gaza

Historians William Dalrymple and Simon Sebag Montefiore have been politely clashing over the conflict

Evening Standard

Simon Sebag Montefiore: ‘I worked down a South African goldmine at 17’

The historian and author, 58, on his time as a war correspondent, his unusual family history and a hatred of scotch eggs

The Guardian - UK

Gove praises Sunak but is coy over Cabinet return

Some were toasting new PM Rishi Sunak at the launch of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book The World at the Mandarin Oriental last night

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