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John Updike: A Life in Letters review – the man incapable of writing a bad sentence

Friends, enemies and lovers animate more than 60 years of the author’s remarkable correspondence

The Guardian - UK

Mushroom tapes, erotic Greek myths and joyful Thai cooking: the best Australian books out in November

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

This Is Why Judge Judy Says Details Are Important in Contracts: This Contract Had Holes

A couple's disastrous experience with reclaimed wood flooring led to safety hazards and a lesson in the critical importance of detailed contracts.

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Sofie Laguna explores classic literature and queer desire in The Underworld

Sofie Laguna’s fifth novel for adults draws on the ancient idea of a land to which the dead must journey and reside. This landscape has been depicted many times. It is associated with the classical myth of the ferryman Charon and his barge across the River Styx. It evokes the…

The Conversation

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review – carnage in New Carthage as couples fight, flirt, booze and bruise

Cathy Tyson and Patrick Robinson dazzle in this knockout production of Edward Albee’s verbally violent play, full of misogynistic one-liners and tarnished souls

The Guardian - UK

Rufus Wainwright on music, politics and life: ‘Creativity helps to fend off the darker angels’

INTERVIEW: Next month, the musician releases a cover album of songs by his hero Kurt Weill. He talks to Jude Rogers about life under Trump, hanging out with Marianne Faithfull, and why he’ll never criticise Britain over Brexit again

The Independent UK

The Boatyard review – skeezy cannibal horror picks off rich kids on a yacht ride to slaughter

Pointless and witless, this atrociously acted ripoff of The Hills Have Eyes should be cast back into the water

The Guardian - UK

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Blind date: ‘He tried to make a joke about reading, but I hadn’t heard of the books, so it fell completely flat’

Martha, 30, an analyst meets Jack, 26, a primary school teacher

The Guardian - UK

Martha’s rule must be rolled out to maternity care, urges mother of teenager who died of sepsis

Merope Mills says new rapid review service should be available to maternity services ‘to give women a greater voice’

The Independent UK

Plot Twist: I am related to the real-life Oliver

Oliver Twist is one of the author’s best known creations. But for Nicholas Blincoe, the story is much closer to home. He reveals an astonishing family history

The Guardian - UK

ICE deports 6-year-old girl and her mom to Ecuador as New York officials blast Trump: ‘Where is your humanity?’

NY officials call recent arrests of public school students and families a ‘shameful stain’

The Independent UK

James Gunn clears up one small detail in Superman and explains why Clark Kent doesn't have the same accent as his parents

James Gunn has a good reason why Superman's accent is different from Ma and Pa Kent

Total Film

“Love You Always”: Woman Jailed For Stalking Neighbor For Months After One-Night Stand

"Hello. Do not ring the police on me again."

Bored Panda

Beyond Paradise season 4: everything we know

We're off to Shipton Abbott for more crime mysteries for Humphrey and Esther to solve

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The Independent UK

PHOTO ESSAY: Many Californians lack safe tap water and don't trust cleanup efforts

Agustin and Ricarda Toledo loaded eight empty 5-gallon jugs onto their truck and drove to a water store some 14 miles from their Southern California home, just as they've done almost weekly for years.

Homes & Gardens

I've just discovered Martha Stewart's secret ingredient for watermelon dishes – and it's a stroke of genius

Summer hosting just got tastier with this oh-so-easy watermelon dressing idea

What Hi-Fi?

Why this iconic Tom Waits song is a regular in our test rooms – and can unveil the true essence of hi-fi

Tom Waits' Martha is one of our go-to test tracks, and if you can handle its emotional punch, it should be one of yours, too.

The Independent UK

Richard Gadd says Baby Reindeer originally had eight episodes

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Q Acoustics 5010

Q Acoustics has found great sonic success with its 5040 and 5050 floorstanders. Can it manage the same results with its 5010 standmounts?

Louder

"Ma, I'm real sick. I need help. I got to come home": The trauma and triumph of Stevie Ray Vaughan

After almost dying at a London show, Stevie Ray Vaughan was given two weeks to live - it was the wake-up call he needed

The Conversation

Why Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale failed as feminist television

Warning: this article contains spoilers for all seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale.

What Hi-Fi?

7 tracks we've been enjoying in our test rooms over the past month

This month's edition features Elbow's latest, and a Tom Waits heartbreaker.

Evening Standard

Baby Reindeer scoops early Bafta win with prize for Jessica Gunning

Gunning beat her fellow Baby Reindeer star, trans actress Nava Mau.

Evening Standard

Baby Reindeer: The Netflix stalking drama that gripped the nation

Richard Gadd’s seven-part dark comedy series has faced controversy for its ‘true story’ claims.

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Martha Stewart hails 'charming' Glen Powell

Martha Stewart has heaped praise on Glen Powell, describing the actor as "charming" and "very handsome".

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