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BIZARRE: Joan didion - What They Never Told You

The memoir that changed my mind – 11 experts share a perspective‑shifting read

Our beliefs aren’t fixed. They’re shaped, stretched and sometimes overturned by the ideas we encounter as we move through life. For many of us, memoirs are the moments where that shift happens, through an argument that unsettles us or an inspiring story that re-frames how we see the world. We…

The Conversation

Book recommendations by Hudson Williams: Looking for your next read? Here are the Heated Rivalry star’s five book suggestions on friendship, rivalry, identity, addiction, love, Hollywood disillusionment and family

Hudson Williams, star of Heated Rivalry, enjoys classic literature and introspective stories. His reading list includes works exploring identity, ambition, and existentialism. Williams recommends Lili Anolik's Didion and Babitz, which examines writerly friendships. Kaveh Akbar's novel Martyr! also features on his list, exploring themes of belonging. John Williams' Stoner and…

The Economic Times

Beach-ready books to take on holiday, as recommended by your favourite authors

BOOKS: Stuck on what book to bring on holiday? From Helen Fielding to Andrew Sean Greer, these authors tell Annabel Nugent what titles they’ve got in their beach bags this summer

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Rosebud Baker Has Always Rooted for Imperfect Women

The comedian shares what was on her reading list while working on her debut memoir, 'Fully Baked.'

Marie Claire

Collapse by Édouard Louis review – coming to terms with a brother’s death

In the latest autofictional instalment of his family saga, the French writer makes sense of his sibling’s violent homophobia and short life

The Guardian - UK

‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success

The American author received ‘thousands of rejections’ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel

The Guardian - UK

The Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 winner is a book I've been recommending to everyone

Virgina Evans’ The Correspondent has taken home the prestigious award

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The agony, ecstasy and self-made genius of Marilyn Monroe

4/5 This exhibition is a must-visit, refreshing once again the discourse around Marilyn Monroe

Evening Standard

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans review – immensely enjoyable return of the epistolary novel

This moving work about an irascible woman in her 70s who conducts her most intimate relationships through letters has been shortlisted for the Women’s prize

The Guardian - UK

Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’

At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female writers like Helen Garner

The Guardian - UK

14 Great Documentaries To Watch During Women's History Month

These documentaries will help shed light on some of history's most prominent voices.

Cinemablend

Nussaibah Younis: ‘The Bell Jar helped me through my own mental illness’

The author on taking solace in Joan Didion, discovering Donna Tartt and being cheered up by David Sedaris

The Guardian - UK

The Perennially Popular Gallery Wall Technique, Seen in Joan Didion’s 1976 Living Room, Proves That Some Features Can Stay Stylish for 50 Years

An archival image from her Malibu home reveals a trend-transcending way to showcase the memories and artworks you love

Homes & Gardens

Best books of 2025: our experts share their picks

The end of the year means holiday celebrations, summer breaks … and for us, one important thing: best books lists. We asked 35 expert readers for their favourite picks, ranging from novelists to anthropologists, scientists to criminologists – and experts in politics, publishing and philosophy. The only rule? The book…

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Evening Standard

Why are men giving us the collective ick?

Boyfriends are embarrassing, shopping is undignified – even male gynaecologists are ‘performative’. Why have we become so cringed out by mankind?

The Independent UK

Collegiate style is the hottest trend for autumn

IN FOCUS: As blazers and oversized shirting dominate the trend circuit in homage to the late Diane Keaton’s signature look, Olivia Petter examines how the style set is taking its cues from the classroom this autumn

The Conversation

Friday essay: tai chi helped me navigate grief and loss. Its story spans ancient China to Lou Reed

Between the end of a summer that had been going on too long and the beginning of a too-warm autumn that would crank up my climate change anxiety to ten, I joined a tai chi class.

The Guardian - UK

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: why September is an ideal time to update your look

This is a powerful month for fashion, and an ideal time to try a waistcoat, wider trousers, a shorter skirt or a splash of saturated colour

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Streaming Music Isn't a Free Market. It's a Regulated Monopoly.

Rock legend David Lowery draws on his decades in the music industry to explain how government-imposed licensing fees and price controls helped streaming platforms flourish while eroding artist rights and income.

Marie Claire

20 Life-Changing Books That Will Inspire You and Transform Your Perspective

From classics by Joan Didion and Toni Morrison to recent best-sellers.

Louder

“Jim would come in too drunk to sing decently. Sometimes it was a phrase at a time”: The tortured story of The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun, the album that set Jim Morrison on the path to destruction

Three albums in and Jim Morrison was heading down a dark path

The Conversation

Mommy dearest? Molly Jong-Fast’s blistering memoir of her ‘always performing’ mother Erica is hilarious and moving

My first boyfriend told me with some pride that he’d read Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying (1973), and Shere Hite’s The Hite Report (1976). Though they had been selling in the millions, I hadn’t yet read either, and was keen to find out what he had learned.

Marie Claire

The 34 Best Memoirs by Female Authors Worth Reading

Make room on the nightstand.

The Conversation

‘Radical acceptance’: Yiyun Li lost both her sons to suicide. Her rigorous memoir reveals her as a very special writer

“My husband and I had two children and lost them both,” writes Yiyun Li early in her latest book, Things in Nature Merely Grow. And then, with harrowing directness, “Both chose suicide”.

Salon

The final fact-check of Joan Didion

One of the year’s best books yet shows us an author at odds with her own storytelling

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