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THE READING LIST: As the world approaches the centenary of the celebrated novelist, television pundit and all-around man of letters, Martin Chilton recalls his greatest work, most withering putdowns, and chronicles a career that devolved into ‘crackpot’ conspiracy theories, illness and, perhaps most depressing of all, boredom

Like many, I entered The New Yorker through the cartoon door. The first cartoon I loved, and remember to this day, featured a New Yorker staple – two guys sitting in a bar – with one saying to the other: “I wish just once someone would say to me, ‘I…

Want to get stuck in to the work of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s author? Here are some good ways in

Historian Peggy Gavan created Cats About Town with Dan Rimada, who runs an Instagram account about bodega cats

From Truman Capote’s problem with Audrey Hepburn in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ to Lois Duncan’s very personal offence over ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and Quentin Tarantino’s public beef with Oliver Stone, Annabel Nugent counts down 17 times writers hated adaptations of their work

She was on the cover of Time magazine in her teens, and decades later the acclaimed actor is having another big moment. She discusses Feud, A Man in Full and the highs and lows of Hollywood

Last week a Metropolitan Police officer told a Jew that if he walked into the “pro-Palestine” march he would arrest him because his presence would antagonise protesters — he was “openly Jewish”. The officer was right, if gauche. These marches are not safe for Jewish people who are not anti-Zionists…

Tom Hollander heads a deliciously starry but drawn-out drama about Capote and his gal pals; Danny Dyer talks to geezers; the Belfast cop series is back with a bang; and neurodiverse Nina is a sparky sitcom gem

It’s got Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny and Demi Moore, plus Tom Hollander as a deliciously evil Truman Capote. It’s got style to die for and supreme scandal. So how is the new series from king of camp Ryan Murphy such a dud?