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The week in theatre: Hamnet; You Bury Me; Pussycat in Memory of Darkness – review

Shakespeare’s wife moves centre stage in Lolita Chakrabarti’s pivotal adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, while urgent productions from two small London theatres tackle recent history head on

The Guardian - UK

This obsession with a ‘new elite’ hides the real roots of power

The picture that Matthew Goodwin paints of modern Britain’s ‘ruling class’ shows a weak understanding of how and where influence works

The Guardian - UK

Strictly's Motsi Mabuse 'sued by ex husband' over autobiography attack

Timo Kulczak is reportedly demanding £70,000 from ex wife Motsi Mabuse after she called him 'controlling', accused him of stopping her from having a baby and claimed he 'paid her an allowance' from her teaching and TV work in her 2022 autobiography

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Katherine Heiny: ‘Sometimes people say really eccentric things and it makes me really happy’

The ‘Standard Deviation’ author’s eye for human foibles remains unparalleled in her second short story collection, ‘Games and Rituals’. She tells Jessie Thompson about the eccentric incidents that inspire her writing

The Independent UK

Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5 review – more solipsism than state of the nation

The latest celebration of emerging literary talent brings thrills, charm and emotional punch to the page. But this new generation have taken an inward turn compared with the more worldly themes of bygone years

The Guardian - UK

Spring reads 2023: the best new books from Margaret Atwood, Emma Cline and more

The season has changed and a whole new crop of essential books are being unleashed

Evening Standard

Harry Potter TV Show: What We Know About The Upcoming Max Original Series What We Know

The beloved book series is getting the small-screen treatment with a "faithful adaptation" on Max. Here's everything we know about the Harry Potter TV show.

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The 2023 Stella Prize shortlist is one of its most diverse. Why has it changed so much over the decade?

Earlier this month, a key commentator said the issue of women writers "not being taken seriously in this country" was "solved", and credited the Stella Prize. But Stella’s co-CEO disagrees.

ABC News

'Ex-PM Liz Truss should keep her head down but blames everyone else for being booted out'

Keir Mudie says that while giving a 'nothing speech' to some Conservative think-tank, former Prime Minister Liz Truss showed how Tories blame the ills of the world on everyone but themselves

Daily Mirror

Prince George Will Make History at His Grandfather King Charles’ Coronation

His parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are “very excited and delighted” about it.

Marie Claire

Solmaz Sharif: ‘I don’t shy away from hurting the reader’

The Iranian-American poet on puncturing comfort, staying an apostate and her teenage love of RL Stine

The Guardian - UK

007 meets the occult: why spies and sorcerers are a perfect fit in fiction

Espionage and magic share codes, secrets and rituals and a new cohort of writers are now casting their literary spells

The Guardian - UK

A ‘handmade’ egg sandwich with 32 ingredients? Maybe it is time to change how we eat

The description of ultra-processed food in Henry Dimbleby’s book, Ravenous, is startling and chastening

The Guardian - UK

Scholastic wanted to license her children's book — if she cut a part about 'racism'

Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publishing powerhouse approached her to feature her book about a love story set in an internment camp during WWII. Then she read what the deal would involve.

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An elegant retelling of an extraordinary life: Revisiting Shashi Tharoor’s book on Ambedkar

The life, struggle and work of Dr BR Ambedkar has of late engaged wide-ranging scholarly reflections as well as biographies. In the last few weeks alone, for instance, such exercises have ranged from an account of expansive breadth to the specific focus of an academic study.

Liverpool Echo

What does each way mean in horse racing? Grand National betting and places explained

The complete betting guide to how you can stake money on a horse in the Grand National race at Aintree on Saturday

Wales Online

Maximum effort: Fan wins world record for having largest Deadpool collection

The merch with a mouth includes a themed spatula, pot plant holder and a life-sized statue

The Independent UK

World record holder achieves ‘lifelong dream’ with most Deadpool memorabilia

Gareth Pahliney from Cloghan, Ireland, has broken the Guinness World Record for his Deadpool collection with 2,250 items.

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The Guardian - UK

From Far Around They Saw Us Burn by Alice Jolly review – tales of the misunderstood

This remarkable collection of short stories locates surprising truths in a cast of characters who are desperate to be heard

The Guardian - US

A Fever in the Heartland review: chilling tale of the Klan and a dangerous leader

Timothy Egan has written a meticulous and highly relevant account of the rise of the KKK a hundred years ago

The Guardian - US

Pentagon leaks: how Jack Teixeira was identified as the alleged source

An online sleuthing group, a news media outlet and the FBI all followed digital breadcrumbs leading to the 21-year-old

The Guardian - US

‘Amazon doesn’t care about books’: how Barnes & Noble bounced back

Barnes & Noble is the US’s largest remaining book chain but, under James Daunt, each of the 600 stores is meant to run like an independent bookstore

Chicago Tribune

5 state public health workers kept ‘yearbook’ that mocked photos of medical marijuana applicants, IG report says

Five state public health employees maintained a “yearbook” that included photos of medical marijuana applicants and mocking captions such as “Happy Holidaze” and “Why the long face?,” according to a report released Friday by the state’s executive inspector general’s office.

Chronicle Live

Prince Harry will stay just yards from Prince of Wales when he returns for Coronation

Duke of Sussex will stay at Frogmore Cottage for one last time when he comes back to the UK for Coronation of King Charles

GamesRadar

Dick Grayson is accused of murder - and hassled by humanoid pigs - as DC announces more Knight Terrors

13 new miniseries, focused on DC heroes, will be published in July

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