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Quote of the day by F. Scott Fitzgerald: ‘That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are…’ – ‘The Great Gatsby’ author on loneliness, belonging and the transformative power of books

F. Scott Fitzgerald believed literature connects people through shared feelings. His writings captured the Jazz Age's glamour and disillusionment. Fitzgerald's famous novel, The Great Gatsby, is now a major American work. He died young, but his literary reputation continued to grow. Reading offers a profound connection, making private experiences feel…

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“She was a bit nervous at first. She just sat down and she sang. I directed her. I wanted her to improvise”: How Lana Del Rey collaborated with movie maker Baz Luhrmann to create one of her most hauntingly beautiful songs

The director said her song was perfect – although his first choice had been Prince

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Quote of the Day by Legendary American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald: F. Scott Fitzgerald — “Life starts all over again when it… – Inspiring lessons on hope, transformation, renewal and why every ending is a new beginning by the author known for his lyrical writing and deep insight into human nature and society

Quote of the Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s quote, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall,” explores the idea of renewal, change, and emotional reset that comes with seasonal transitions. The quote suggests that the arrival of autumn brings a fresh sense…

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See You on the Other Side by Jay McInerney review – the clumsy finale of a classic New York series

The bright young things of 1992’s Brightness Falls are now in their 60s in this verbose, clunky novel that seems more interested in lifestyle than inner lives

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Rege-Jean Page: Met Gala can be daunting

Rege-Jean Page finds attending the Met Gala a lonely experience because "almost everyone" is there alone.

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Gatz review – the Great Gatsby performed in eight and a half hours of attentive, immersive joy

F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel – read aloud in full, on a stage set as a drab office – finds new life in this utterly transfixing show

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Beautiful Little Fool at Southwark Playhouse Borough review: unsubtle and trivialising

2/5 This humdrum take on the lives of the Fitzgeralds is cliché-ridden and stilted on all fronts

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Donald Trump Partying With Billionaire Donors in Florida as SNAP Programs Run Out of Funding

US President Donald Trump hosted a 'Gatsby'-themed Halloween party hours before SNAP funding expires.

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I Know Everybody Still Talks About Fight Club And Se7en, But Why Doesn't Anybody Still Talk About This David Fincher Gem?

Can more people give this movie some love, please?

Cinemablend

Robert Redford obituary

One of Hollywood’s greats who starred in All the President’s Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Sting

The Guardian - UK

"I must have read it about six times" – author Lucy Foley on 5 books that changed her life

With the paperback publication of her latest novel, The Midnight Feast, I asked Lucy Foley to share the books that meant the most to her

Woman & Home

High buildings, loose morals: Art Deco movement celebrates its centenary

Deriving from a Parisian design fair 100 years ago, "Art Deco" rose up out of the ashes of World War One, bringing confidence, prosperity, very big parties and new, instantly recognisable bold buildings.

Euronews

The Great Gatsby: A New Musical review – what a swell party this ain’t

F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic jazz age novel ought to be a perfect basis for a musical, but no amount of Charlestons from a fine cast can put the fizz into this

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After 100 years, The Great Gatsby still reminds us of the ability of literature to transform everyday life

Last November, I flew to New York to see a play: Gatz, an eight-hour reading of the entire text of The Great Gatsby by the experimental theatre ensemble the Elevator Repair Service.

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Themed cocktails and escape rooms… 100 years on, we’ve lost sight of the real Great Gatsby

THE READING LIST: Something of F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 book has been lost in the fog of its own mystique, commercialised by endless business endeavours that seem to contradict its core message. Nick Hilton revisits the classic on its milestone anniversary and hears warning bells for today’s billionaire oligarchs

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The Great Gatsby at 100: this great American novel is a universal meditation on time and change

One hundred years after its publication, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel, The Great Gatsby – the story of nouveau riche Jay Gatsby’s obsessive quest to win back his lost love, Daisy Buchanan – is best remembered for its depiction of America’s Jazz Age excess, especially through Gatsby’s wildly extravagant parties.

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The Great Gatsby at 100: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a top contender for the title of Great American Novel, turns 100 on April 10.

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Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler – Jay’s eternal hold

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie

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25 books that should have never been made into movies

It's a wonder Hollywood even bothered adapting these novels, writes Jacob Stolworthy and Adam White

Woman & Home

The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

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Horror, satire, tawdry wealth and postcolonial critique: 5 classics to catch up on this summer

I’ve dedicated my professional life to reading and teaching the English classics. The crucial thing about classics is that they start as cutting-edge literary experiments.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review – warm and winsome musical tugs at the heartstrings

Relocating the F Scott Fitzgerald story to a Cornish fishing village, this is a vivacious yet touching show

Evening Standard

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre review: Forget Brad Pitt’s film — this is the version to treasure

4/5 This oddball, charming musical is a stirring folkie adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story about a man who lives his life in reverse

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William Boyd: ‘Fantasy is a genre that I cannot abide any more’

The novelist on why he can’t read JRR Tolkien anymore, being hooked on Muriel Spark and obsessed with James Joyce

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Propelled by tech money, the menace of race science is back – and it’s just as nonsensical as ever

Once thought extinct after the fall of empire, this debunked practice has re-emerged with support from rogue experts and rich backers, says geneticist Adam Rutherford

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