Gisèle Pelicot tells Hay festival she has found love and trust again after rape ordeal | Gisèle Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot tells Hay festival she has found love and trust again after rape ordeal | Gisèle Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot has described the moment she fell in love and was able to trust again after her rape ordeal orchestrated by her former husband in France. Pelicot, 73, waived her right... Read more »
The best books to read in May: new paperbacks from Ocean Vuong, RF Kuang and Nick Clegg | Books

The best books to read in May: new paperbacks from Ocean Vuong, RF Kuang and Nick Clegg | Books

Fiction Fiction The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong Ocean Vuong’s second novel is a 416‑page tour of the edgeland between aspirational fantasy and self-deception. It opens with a long slow pan over... Read more »
Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal | Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking’s father worried his son ‘does not study much’, diaries reveal | Stephen Hawking

In exploring the physics and geometry of the universe, Stephen Hawking became a world-renowned pioneer of black hole theory, writing the bestselling book A Brief History of Time, which has sold more... Read more »
What’s Missing from Belle Burden’s “Strangers”

What’s Missing from Belle Burden’s “Strangers”

Margaret Ryznar, a visiting professor at Brooklyn Law School who specializes in trusts and estates, had a somewhat different view on the prenup. “Our modern idea of marriage is that it’s a... Read more »
Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller review – a blend of social realism and gothic horror | Fiction

Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller review – a blend of social realism and gothic horror | Fiction

Claire Fuller is fascinated by corpses: by the moment when a supple, beloved body turns into inert, heavy matter. In her masterful 2021 Costa winner Unsettled Ground, adult twins veer between pathos and gawky... Read more »
Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller review – a blend of social realism and gothic horror | Fiction

Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate | Children

The children’s laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, has urged the government to prioritise pleasure over learning in children’s reading. Giving evidence to MPs on the education committee, which is investigating the decline in reading... Read more »
Gisèle Pelicot tells Hay festival she has found love and trust again after rape ordeal | Gisèle Pelicot

Daily Cartoon: Friday, May 22nd

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Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels | Young adult

Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels | Young adult

Ban Ban’s Bakery by Elena Hiroko Magee, Do Re Mi, £12.99Ban Ban the bunny loves baking with Grandma – but will she be able to turn Dusty Cottage into a bakery of... Read more »
Gisèle Pelicot tells Hay festival she has found love and trust again after rape ordeal | Gisèle Pelicot

Mick Jagger to play Josh O’Connor’s father in new film from Alice Rohrwacher | Movies

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is playing a lighthouse keeper in the new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher, which is currently filming on the Italian island of Stromboli. According... Read more »
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