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“No Problems Since”: These 52 People Earned Mad Respect For The Sick Burns They Delivered

Silence may be the best response to a fool, but there are moments when clapping back is both necessary and satisfying. But if you must respond, do so in a way that would leave the insulter tongue-tied for a good few minutes. Here are some examples to draw cues from,…

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The Guide #250: All the US/UK cultural crossovers you may have missed but need to read about

A tour through the moments when American celebrities crossed the ocean and landed somewhere entirely unexpected

The Guardian - UK

He Had A Big Butt, No Lie: George Washington’s Athleticism Helped Build Our Sports-Mad Nation

Pitching the bar. Nine-pin bowling. Sports in 1776 were an odd collection of endeavors, but their influence can be found in what we play today.

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5 best Prime Video movies to stream now before they leave this month

Our guide on the five best Prime Video movies to watch now before they leave at the end of October 2025.

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Queen Elizabeth Once Gave Jackie Kennedy Some "Crafty" Advice On Escaping Public Events During Awkward 1961 Meeting

The former first lady claimed "that she was not impressed" by the evening at Buckingham Palace.

Marie Claire

Amalfi Coast's best restaurants and bars: the secret spots locals love

It’s a summer hotspot for a reason, but there are still plenty of local favourites that fly under the radar. Insider Joseph Bullmore shares his guide

Evening Standard

Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85

Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, memoirs and novels, has died

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The genteel, silver-tongued thinker who fathered US conservatism – and paved the way for Trump

A new biography digs into the life of William F Buckley Jr. Its author thinks the rightwing intellectual has some lessons for the left

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Elton John and Madonna have made up, but why do famous people publicly go to war?

Sorry seems to be the hardest word – and there is a public appetite for watching high-profile feuds

The Guardian - UK

The sad decline of Gore Vidal, America’s most acerbic writer and fearsome feuder

THE READING LIST: As the world approaches the centenary of the celebrated novelist, television pundit and all-around man of letters, Martin Chilton recalls his greatest work, most withering putdowns, and chronicles a career that devolved into ‘crackpot’ conspiracy theories, illness and, perhaps most depressing of all, boredom

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Funny feuds and sky-high budgets – Vanity Fair in the Nineties makes today’s journalism seem particularly bleak

THE READING LIST: In his new memoir, illustrious New York-based editor Graydon Carter travels back in time to the ‘golden era’ of print magazines, painting a picture of six-figure salaries, petty fights with stars, and carte blanche with the company credit card. Annabel Nugent mourns a bygone era

The Independent UK

Alito: Do you read Pornhub for articles?

The Supreme Court justice wondered if the porn site was like "old Playboy" during oral arguments

Salon

Supreme Court could soon dramatically change the future of porn

Invoking older examples of accessing pornographic materials, justices grappled with the constitutionality of a law that requires adults to input their age into explicit websites

The Independent UK

A Trump campaign on a losing trajectory

Talk of Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield conceals Trump's tour of sundown towns in battleground states

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"Lover of Men": Proving Lincoln was bi

Director on showing how sexual fluidity was accepted in Lincoln's time: "You know a love letter when you see it"

Reason

"The Best Man," Sixty Years Later

Gore Vidal's classic film on presidential nominations holds up

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‘An irresistible mix of art and genitals’: Is the X-rated 1970s movie Caligula a lost masterpiece?

The Roman epic was one of the all-time fiascos, despite a stellar cast that included Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren. James Mottram talks to the ‘Clockwork Orange’ star and the producer who has tried to restore its reputation

The Guardian - UK

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut review – 1970s Roman empire sex shocker returns to the source

Without the extra sex that made writer Gore Vidal want his credit removed, Tinto Brass’s epic of imperial eroticism showcases a powerhouse Malcolm McDowell

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‘I am just a marionette’: ABC veteran Phillip Adams reveals what sets him apart ahead of final show

Colleagues pay tribute to Radio National broadcaster whose ‘naughty streak and compassion for underdog’ shone in interviews with everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Gore Vidal

Evening Standard

The Amalfi Coast hotspots for literature lovers

An hour’s drive from the grit and grime of Naples lies a glittering stretch of coastline that’s so jaw-droppingly beautiful, it’s served as the setting for many an ancient myth.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a queered up history of art’: the provocateur turning Gaga and Kardashian into weeping saints

Why are there almost no tears in great works of art? Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli is rectifying this – by embroidering balloon-shaped drops on to modern mashups of Giotto and Botticelli

The Guardian - UK

John Barth obituary

American postmodernist novelist whose experimental approach challenged literary conventions

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Feud: Capote vs the Swans episode 6 recap: some hard truths

In Feud: Capote vs the Swans episode 6, Truman and the Swans see the world passing them by in a variety of ways.

The Hindu

Mantel pieces that shine with honesty and wit

Gore Vidal argued essays will outlast novels as a literary form. Hilary Mantel's essays, which explore her personal journey and struggles, suggest fiction and journalism have their own rewards. Vidal may or may not have agreed, but his own novels haven't aged as well as his essays.

The Guardian - UK

The best theatre to stream this month: Cloud Gate, Best of Enemies and more

The Taiwanese group’s compelling dance and William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal’s heated debates are among November’s offerings – plus an interactive theatrical quest

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