‘Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.” The first fictional sentence Anita Brookner ever published, aged 53, in A Start in Life, certainly set a tone. If... Read more »
The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet review – the fabulous life of Barbara Cartland | Biography books
Barbara Cartland was famous for dictating her novels. With a pekingese clamped to her hot pink bosom she would lie back on a library couch and exhale a story about virginal girls... Read more »
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1. ‘Men in their 60s used Polaroids from the 1970s as their profile pictures’ Actor Pauline Tomlin at home in Leeds. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian “It’s a very barren landscape for... Read more »
I have waited years for this book. But before I tell you what it is, I had better tell you what it is not. On Morrison is not a biography. Except for scattered references,... Read more »
‘I am painting a historical landscape,” writes Carrie Gibson – “one that stretches the entire length and breadth of the Americas.” The story she applies this panoramic approach to is that of... Read more »
1. What technology takes from us – and how to take it back Composite: Artwork by Anais Mims and Guardian Design. Source Photographs by Getty Images Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the... Read more »
1. How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory ‘Trump’s Greenland concept was never absurd – it was strategic,’ Lauder wrote. Photograph: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu/Getty Images “One... Read more »
This year marks 100 years since the first demonstration of television in London. Elizabeth II sent the first royal email in 1976. The first meeting of the Lancashire Association of Change Ringers took place... Read more »