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8 hours ago

The Egyptian queen has fascinated me from childhood, but following the archives led only to ancient gossip and Roman propaganda. Fiction was the way to liberate her from misogynist myth

Witch, whore, …

76 days ago

Greene, 60, praised for the various villains he played during his career but manager says he also had ‘heart as big as gold’

Peter Greene, the actor known for his roles in Pulp Fiction and The Mask, h…

3 months ago

A student navigates troubled relationships at age 19 and 25, as he comes to terms with mental health difficulties

“The best way to make sense of life,” Derek Owusu believes, “is to write about it.” Hi…

5 months ago

Venetian Vespers by John Banville review – a haunting honeymoon ○

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This brooding tale of an Englishman’s downfall in fin-de-siècle Venice is memorably eerie – but it’s hard to care about such a pompous protagonist

Many years ago, a sober-minded friend warned me off g…

This deeply comforting tale of record collecting, magical creatures and a lovingly knitted cardigan rambles across England

Ursula K Le Guin had her Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction; I have my comfy cardi…

8 months ago

The award's judges say Yael van der Wouden's debut novel The Safekeep is a "classic in the making".
Queen Camilla, 77, beamed as she made a surprise appearance and met with the short-listed authors at the Women's Prize for Non-fiction and Fiction event in London on Wednesday.

12 months ago

Three years at the notorious Drama Centre London helped the author of A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing understand how to create a character from the inside out

Making a person is no mean feat – especiall…

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