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‘A surfyte of cheese doth bringe payne’: Leeds University transcribes early book on cheese

First known such ‘pamflyt’ in English has contemporary resonance, with advice on food intolerances and eating cheese after a meal

The Guardian - UK

Rosarita by Anita Desai audiobook review – a moving tale of memory and identity

Narrator Meera Simhan draws out the dreamlike atmosphere of a young Indian woman’s quest through Mexico to find out more about her mother

The Guardian - UK

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Fair Play by Louise Hegarty; All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman; This Is Not a Game by Kelly Mullen; The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie; Death and Other Occupations by Veronika Dapunt

The Guardian - UK

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6 Summer Books to Clear Your Mind (or Totally Escape It)

From breakthrough habits to beach-worthy thrillers, these summer reads will help you refocus your mind or blissfully forget what day it is.

Kiplinger

Chopping Onions on My Heart by Samantha Ellis review – can you save a culture?

A woman tries to cling on to her parent’s Judeo-Arabic language – and the food, feeling and history that goes with it

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to late historian who was ‘gifted leader of blind people’

Dr Fred Reid died on March 29 following a short illness.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on the meaning of life: Easter and the ultimate question

Editorial: From Verdi to Douglas Adams, artists and writers have wrestled with why we are here. The Christian festival gives us pause to reflect

The Guardian - UK

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The Handmaid's Tale: Does June get Hannah back at the end of season 6?

It's been June's endgame from the very first moments of The Handmaid's Tale, but will she be reunited with her daughter Hannah at the end of season 6?

Woman & Home

John Loveday obituary

Other lives: Headteacher who wrote a novel, a children’s book, several volumes of poetry and a memoir

The Guardian - UK

The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana review – a startling road trip as original as it is timely

Two discontented young men embark on a journey that the reader quickly knows will be violent and doomed – and yet this novel remains almost unbearably tense

The Guardian - AU

Steve Coogan isn’t earnest enough for the dire political comedy The Penguin Lessons

2/5 Finally a film that asks ‘could an adorable flightless bird convince Alan Partridge to stand up to Argentina’s military dictatorship?’

The Independent UK

Book alleges Vatican knew of French priest's sexual abuse as early as 1955

The French church is to question the Vatican over revelations published Thursday that it knew about sexual abuse allegations against French charity icon Abbé Pierre as early as the 1950s.

Radio France Internationale

Filmmaker-music journalist Cameron Crowe has a memoir out this fall. It’s called ‘The Uncool'

Cameron Crowe was planning to compile some of his old music interviews for a book when he realized he had a more personal story to tell

The Independent UK

Ghosts review – gasps and laughter greet this modern revamp of Ibsen’s shocker

Gary Owen’s retelling changes the names and themes from the original, but retains the toxic power as a stellar cast negotiate the myriad secrets and suspicions

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The Next Day by Melinda French Gates review – Melinda on life, before and after Bill

The philanthropist offers sensible advice about moving on and ditching perfectionism, but you get the impression she is struggling to take it herself

The Guardian - UK

Days of Light by Megan Hunter review – Bohemian rhapsody

The privileged world of Bloomsbury group is vividly evoked in this novel of a life shaped by devastating loss

The Independent UK

George RR Martin calls long overdue Game of Thrones novel ‘the curse of my life’

‘I have periods where I make progress and then other things divert my attention,’ admitted the author

The Independent UK

Lori Vallow Daybell plans to rest her case at Arizona trial without putting on witnesses, evidence

Lori Vallow Daybell plans to rest her case at the Arizona trial where she is charged with conspiring to murder her estranged husband

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Evening Standard

Items that reflect ‘elegance and artistry’ of Barbara Taylor Bradford go on sale

The British-American author found fame with her debut novel, A Woman Of Substance, and went on to write 40 novels.

The Independent UK

Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford’s estate goes to auction reflecting ‘life of elegance, intellect, and artistry’

Rare items chronicle the internationally bestselling author’s rise from a Yorkshire newsroom to global stardom

The Guardian - UK

Salty Brine review – daring diva mashup with hella pizzazz

The drag queen’s latest intermingling of Annie Lennox covers, southern gothic literature, Judy Garland and family anecdotes is a bravura feat of idiosyncratic connection

The Independent UK

North Carolina advances bill on book bans in public schools

North Carolina House Republicans have advanced a bill that would create advisory committees to approve and remove books from libraries in public and charter schools

Evening Standard

Melinda French Gates has led an extraordinary life. This self-help book does her down

3/5 Bill Gates’ ex-wife might have taken the high road, but she’s mistaken what readers really want: gossip

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lee obituary

Other lives: Print consultant who worked with leading designers to produce high-end books such as Designed by Apple in California

International Business Times

Your Amazing Itty Bitty Business Dating Book: A Guide Through the Ups and Downs of Building Professional Synergy

Released to wide acclaim in July 2024, Barbara Robins' book is chock-full of catchy pointers to build and maintain a perfectly aligned system of collaborators to fulfill a business' potential.

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