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Autumn is going to be filled with brilliant TV. These are the shows you cannot miss

TV: ‘Celebrity Traitors’, a revamped ‘Strictly’ and a star-packed new adaptation of ‘East of Eden’ are among the highlights of the season

The Independent UK

This Agatha Christie show is disarming

"Tommy & Tuppence" tops our guide to a very watchable fall TV season

Salon

Netflix's East of Eden series has a first-look trailer — and I'm hopeful John Steinbeck's novel will get another worthy adaptation

Florence Pugh plays Cathy in Netflix's East of Eden adaptation, which arrives on October 1.

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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

OpenAI has quietly shut the door on prompts asking ChatGPT to write "in the style of" famous authors, living or dead.

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Guide to the classics: John Steinbeck’s East of Eden has always been controversial

John Steinbeck is now most famous as author of The Grapes of Wrath (1938), a novel about agricultural workers displaced from Oklahoma during the Great Depression. But he regarded East of Eden (1952), a saga depicting the lives of two Californian families, as his favourite and most significant work.

The Conversation

As Route 66 turns 100, what is it that we’re actually celebrating?

Working in concert, the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Bureau of Public Roads adopted a uniform highway numbering system and corresponding map on November 11, 1926. The numbering system and map replaced the confusing patchwork of highways and trails, like the Lincoln Highway or the Old Trails…

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A Voice for Change: How Woody Guthrie Keeps Resonating With New Generations

A new documentary connects the life and music of the Depression-era singer-songwriter to today’s struggles for social justice, equality and immigrant rights.

Capital & Main

Best quote of the day by John Steinbeck: 'You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you...' - Nobel Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden revealed why people seek advice but rarely follow it to change their minds

Best quote of the day by John Steinbeck: John Steinbeck's observation reveals why we often seek advice that merely validates our existing beliefs. This psychological tendency, where we gravitate towards confirmation rather than challenge, significantly impacts our decisions in personal, professional, and societal spheres.

The Economic Times

A Queer Texan Retraces Steinbeck’s 10,000-mile trip

Austin author and essayist Lauren Hough serves up a monster of a tale about traveling with a dog named Woody Guthrie on a road trip across America.

Texas Observer

Virginia Evans: ‘I loved books about things that can’t exist’

The Women’s prize-shortlisted novelist on taking inspiration from John Steinbeck, Joan Didion and Jhumpa Lahiri, and weeping through Little Women in her 30s

The Guardian - UK

What is missing from the Guardian’s 100 best novels list

Letters: Readers share their reflections on the best works of fiction in English, and ask whether popularity or lightheartedness disqualified books from consideration

The Guardian - UK

Quote of the Day by William Wordsworth: ‘Love betters what is best’ - What the Daffodils poet really meant by this simple 5-word quote and its lesson on why success alone never feels enough

Quote of the Day by William Wordsworth suggests that success, talent, and achievement alone rarely make life feel complete without emotional connection and compassion. Through the simple five-word line “Love betters what is best,” the famous Daffodils poet reflects on how love gives deeper meaning to even the finest parts…

The Economic Times

MAGA and the death of middlebrow

All the cool people hated middle-class suburban culture — but it looks a lot better compared to what came next

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The Independent UK

Route 66, the quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100

One of the world's most famous highways marks its centennial this year

The Independent UK

Route 66: The ultimate guide to driving the American quintessential road trip

As Route 66 celebrates its centennial anniversary, US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill reveals how to get a taste of the ‘good old days’ along the 2,500-mile route from Chicago to Santa Monica

The Guardian - UK

Why dispute ruling on Palestine Action, but accept legal challenge on elections?

Brief letters: Legal muddles | Woody Guthrie | Cabbage queen | Ode to pigeons | The mystery of birth

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‘I tried to be nice. Sometimes I would explode’: John Fogerty on Creedence, contracts and control

As the driving force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival, he wrote some of the 60s’ most enduring songs. But a poor record deal followed by years in the wilderness drove him to the brink of breakdown. Now 80, he looks back

The Guardian - US

A Route 66 ghost town was ‘frozen in time’. Is it on the verge of a comeback?

Newberry Springs was almost lost to the desert. But as America’s ‘mother road’ turns 100, locals see hope that the boom times could return

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I Found And Compiled 27 Interesting Facts From Literature History

Authors are a special group of people, almost living in a world of their own, always on the hunt for inspiration. That being said, here are 28 highly interesting tidbits from the history of literature that I collected.

Golf Monthly

8 Famous Pebble Beach Residents Through The Years

Pebble Beach is one of the most iconic courses in golf and, throughout its history, a number of famous faces have resided in the area

The Guardian - UK

From racism to ableism, Of Mice and Men still sparks a debate

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Nels Abbey on the book’s place in schools and share their perspectives as students and teachers

Evening Standard

Of Mice And Men and To Kill A Mockingbird removed from Welsh GCSE curriculum

Both American classics have been criticised for their inclusion of racial slurs.

The Conversation

Can you sleep your way to better decision making? Here’s what the science says

The author John Steinbeck said: “It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” Many others have claimed they formulated breakthroughs and innovations in dreams. Recent studies on the science of sleep suggest these…

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