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In the acknowledgments of her 2024 novel “All Fours,” Miranda July explains that she was inspired by a series of conversations about “physical and emotional midlife changes” with several women close to her.

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Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell review – a tense portrait of coercive control

Trapped between a controlling partner and a housing system in crisis, a mother in Dublin struggles to protect her children and herself

The Guardian - UK

How to be a half-arse human: ‘You probably aren’t going to have clean knickers all the time’

Is it better to fail half the time than do nothing at all? Of course! Author and poet Leena Norms explains the fine art of being slapdash and happy

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The Bright Side by Sumit Paul-Choudhury review – keep the glass half full

A powerfully inspiring study of optimism that avoids farcical good cheer

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Allegations Of Question Leak To Trump Campaign Before Fox News Town Hall

Allegations surface that Fox News leaked town hall questions to Trump's campaign, sparking ethics concerns.

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The kindness of strangers: we thought we’d been poisoned at Tolstoy’s house. Then a local explained what we had really drunk

We took thirsty chugs from the tall glasses. Surely this ‘water’ belonged in a biohazard chamber, not our mouths

The Guardian - AU

What George Gissing’s fiction reveals about vegetarianism in Victorian London

George Gissing (1857–1903) is best known for his unflinching representations of Victorian society, portraying the struggles of the burgeoning middle classes and the perils of social mobility. But amid the novelist’s keen observations of late 19th-century London, Gissing explored a topic that was gaining cultural momentum at the time –…

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Cher makes audience laugh with backhanded Jimmy Kimmel compliment

Pop icon has been promoting the first part of her new memoir

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Can old racists change? Book tracks seven years in a South African nursing home

God’s Waiting Room: Racial Reckoning at Life’s End is a beautifully written and intimate book about the characters in an old age home in South Africa. To write it, anthropologist Casey Golomski spent seven years travelling between South Africa and the US. Both countries are grappling with implementing universal healthcare,…

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Ask Me Again by Clare Sestanovich review – a rare kind of friendship

Opposites attract in this subtle coming-of-age debut from an American author known for her short stories

The Guardian - UK

Libraries offer us more than just books

Letter: Dr Anthony Isaacs says the library sector, like the NHS, stands as a marker of a society that prioritises the needs of all

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Where to start with: Zora Neale Hurston

From befriending the last African enslaved in America to meeting with zombies in Haiti, the folklorist, anthropologist and Harlem Renaissance writer – who has a novel posthumously published today – was a sensitive chronicler of other people’s lives

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Royal Society of Literature rocked by departures of director and chair

Molly Rosenberg and Daljit Nagra will both stand down, as the society’s first-ever governance review is due to be published

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66 days to learn to love reading again: ‘Ten pages in and my brain is twitching with fatigue’

Once upon a time – before kids, social media and phones got in the way – Doosie Morris loved nothing more than reading books. Can she rekindle the habit in just over nine weeks?

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Boldly boost your bartending skills with 'Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium'

A preview of Titan Books' "Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium"

The Guardian - UK

‘He wouldn’t hurt a fly – literally’: remembering Gerald Durrell at 100

The beloved conservationist, who died in 1995, would have turned 100 today. A new collection, Myself and Other Animals, traces the origins of his lifelong rapture with animals

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I’ve Collected Quotes From Strangers For 10 Years, Here Are 30 Of The Most Thought-Provoking Ones

I started collecting handwritten quotes from strangers while solo traveling because I always felt more at ease connecting with people abroad and seeing the little pieces of wisdom they carried. The post I’ve Collected Quotes From Strangers For 10 Years, Here Are 30 Of The Most Thought-Provoking Ones first appeared…

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The Bright Side by Sumit Paul-Choudhury review – harnessing the power of positive thinking

A witty and empathetic examination of the merits and limitations of optimism is a helpful guide with a hopeful message for uncertain times

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in December

Authors, journalists and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

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