Teenage Daydream by Debsey Wykes review – coming of age in an all-girl guitar band | Autobiography and memoir

Teenage Daydream by Debsey Wykes review – coming of age in an all-girl guitar band | Autobiography and memoir

The Cambridge post-punk band Dolly Mixture were an all-girl trio who formed at school and mixed rambunctious self-penned songs such as Will He Kiss Me Tonight? and Been Teen with covers of... Read more »
A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir | Books

A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir | Books

Kathy Burke’s mother, Bridget, died of stomach cancer when she was 18 months old; she writes that it made her “feel dead famous” in her community. She was raised by her older... Read more »
The Muscular Compassion of “Paper Girl”

The Muscular Compassion of “Paper Girl”

In her new book, Beth Macy returns to her home town of Urbana, Ohio, using it as a ground zero for understanding right-wing radicalization. Source link Read more »
Britney Spears calls claims in Kevin Federline’s memoir ‘extremely hurtful’ | Britney Spears

Britney Spears calls claims in Kevin Federline’s memoir ‘extremely hurtful’ | Britney Spears

Britney Spears has responded to her ex-husband Kevin Federline’s claims in his upcoming memoir about their marriage, calling his depiction of her “extremely hurtful and exhausting”. In You Thought You Knew, Federline... Read more »
‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir | Books

‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir | Books

Richard Beard, award-winning author of The Day That Went Missing and Sad Little Men, thought he was writing his next book, a whole life memoir. In the event, he has written his... Read more »
Britney Spears calls claims in Kevin Federline’s memoir ‘extremely hurtful’ | Britney Spears

The Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce announces memoir The Drums | The Smiths

Mike Joyce, drummer for the Smiths, has announced the publication of his “no-holds-barred” autobiography, The Drums. A description by the publisher said: “The written history of the Smiths is not missing an... Read more »
A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir | Books

Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s memoir to be published posthumously | Jeffrey Epstein

The posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, will be published in the autumn, a publisher has announced. Giuffre had been working on Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir... Read more »
Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon review – the ex-first minister opens up | Autobiography and memoir

Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon review – the ex-first minister opens up | Autobiography and memoir

When the title of Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir, Frankly, was first announced, I had my doubts. Partly, of course, it was a touching nod to her late friend, the comic Janey Godley. Godley’s... Read more »
The Benson Diary by AC Benson review – musings of an Edwardian elitist | Autobiography and memoir

The Benson Diary by AC Benson review – musings of an Edwardian elitist | Autobiography and memoir

AC Benson is remembered today, if at all, for having edited three volumes of Queen Victoria’s letters and for writing Land of Hope and Glory to accompany Elgar’s first Pomp and Circumstance... Read more »
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