What We’re Reading This Summer: Pocket Reads

What We’re Reading This Summer: Pocket Reads

Helen Rosner on “Great Granny Webster” “Great Granny Webster” presents itself, at first, as a comic novel: a madcap portrait gallery of absurd aristocrats trapped in the self-created, self-imposed miseries of their... Read more »
Six great reads: dating in later life; a lost Amazon van, ‘gong bath’ freezers, and Toni Morrison | Dating

Six great reads: dating in later life; a lost Amazon van, ‘gong bath’ freezers, and Toni Morrison | Dating

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 »
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë audiobook review – Aimee Lou Wood reads the romance of the moment | Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë audiobook review – Aimee Lou Wood reads the romance of the moment | Emily Brontë

Rare is the Wuthering Heights adaptation that fails to ruffle the feathers of the Brontë faithful. Andrea Arnold’s 2011 film was criticised for its grit and gloom while Emerald Fennell’s new version,... Read more »
Six great reads: ‘Fafo’ parenting, what tech does to us, and Patrick Bateman’s legacy | Technology

Six great reads: ‘Fafo’ parenting, what tech does to us, and Patrick Bateman’s legacy | Technology

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 »
Six great reads: Mondrian’s hidden inspiration, the friendship secret and heat for Heated Rivalry | Greenland

Six great reads: Mondrian’s hidden inspiration, the friendship secret and heat for Heated Rivalry | Greenland

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 »
Six great reads: a Saudi weapons scandal, five weeks with David Lammy and the expert who became the patient | Arms trade

Six great reads: a Saudi weapons scandal, five weeks with David Lammy and the expert who became the patient | Arms trade

1. Very British bribery: the whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy arms deals with Saudi Arabia Ian Foxley at home in Yorkshire. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Guardian “What neither man knew was that... Read more »
Sourcebooks, Cosmopolitan team up for new imprint, Cosmo Reads

Sourcebooks, Cosmopolitan team up for new imprint, Cosmo Reads

Book News: Sourcebooks, Cosmopolitan team up for new imprint, Cosmo Reads BookBrowse News – The Full Story Sourcebooks, Cosmopolitan... Read more »
Six great reads: dating in later life; a lost Amazon van, ‘gong bath’ freezers, and Toni Morrison | Dating

Thomas Korsgaard Reads “The Spit of Him”

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly Books & Fiction newsletter. Thomas Korsgaard reads his story “The Spit of Him” from... Read more »
Six great reads: a Saudi weapons scandal, five weeks with David Lammy and the expert who became the patient | Arms trade

Donika Kelly Reads Mary Oliver

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly Books & Fiction newsletter. Photograph by Ladan Osman Donika Kelly joins Kevin Young to... Read more »
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