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‘I was scared I was going mad’: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page

As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline, and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly intense bond with a favourite writer

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Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer review – fun in the Tuscan sun

The Pulitzer-winning author of Less has crafted a breezy confection of fish-out-of-water wit, insecurity and self-discovery set in an Italian paradise

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Who’s in, who’s out, and how many have you read? The story behind our 100 best novels list

Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. Ulysses or Catch-22 … Find out which title came top, as chosen by authors, critics and academics worldwide

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TV tonight: inside Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin

Former US intelligence officials and White House insiders speak out in an explosive Dispatches investigation. Plus: rude and ridiculous comedy Such Brave Girls concludes. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Outrageous star Bessie Carter: 'I'm weirdly connected to Nancy Mitford!'

Bessie Carter reveals why the role of author Nancy Mitford in new drama Outrageous was a perfect fit for her.

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What to Stream: HAIM, 'The Gilded Age,' Benson Boone, astronaut Sally Ride and digital dinosaurs

Lifelike digital Triceratops and Spinosaurus lumbering through a reimagined “Walking with Dinosaurs” and Benson Boone’s sophomore album “American Heart” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

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Imelda Staunton and her daughter Bessie Carter: ‘I saw Mum on stage marrying a stranger and started to cry’

INTERVIEW: The mother and daughter make a marvellous pair on stage in ‘Mrs Warren’s Profession’. Claire Allfree sits down with the duo to talk Academy Awards, the Harry Potter reboot, and what younger actors can learn from the late Queen’s work ethic

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‘You wouldn’t pick us out as mother and daughter!’: Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter on acting together for the first time

Bridgerton star Bessie – soon to play Nancy Mitford in a new TV drama – and her mum, acting royalty Imelda, talk Sondheim, sandwiches and taking the stage together in Shaw’s sex worker scandal Mrs Warren’s Profession

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Imelda Staunton’s daughter says growing up with actors ‘removed inaccessibility’

Bessie Carter is best known for playing Prudence Featherington in the hit Netflix Regency-inspired drama Bridgerton, along with her theatre work.

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Outrageous: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know

Our guide to period drama Outrageous

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‘Sex, puns and labradors’: How Olivia Laing fell for Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters

Sneaking a teenage peak at her stepmother’s copies of Riders and Rivals opened the door to a world of glamour and romance for the author of Crudo and The Lonely City

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Bob Mortimer and India Knight among shortlistees for the Wodehouse comic fiction prize

The comedian and the journalist join four others on the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse shortlist, which rewards witty writers with champagne and a pig named after their book

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Nancy Mitford novel The Pursuit of Love to be reissued with new ‘trigger warning’

New edition of the 1945 book warns readers of ‘prejudices’ depicted within its pages

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A tale of too many remakes: why we never need to see a Dickens novel on TV ever again

The BBC is about to screen yet another adaptation of Great Expectations – and enough is enough. It’s time they focused on new stories, rather than constantly making the same show

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The British aristocracy: how gossipy memoirs feed national fascination with privileged elites

They don’t dominate parliament, they don’t own Twitter and they don’t star in big Hollywood movies. Yet the British aristocracy’s capacity to intrigue and enthral seems boundless.

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He gave me a battered copy of a book I already owned, and I felt I’d come home – the Christmas present I’ll never forget

Afters years of expectation, hope and disappointment, all it took was one simple, heartfelt gift to show me he was the one

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Darling by India Knight review – fresh retelling of a Mitford classic

Nancy Mitford’s romantic comedy The Pursuit of Love is delightfully reimagined with warmth and caustic charm

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Ready for Absolutely Nothing by Susannah Constantine review – the naked truth

From boarding school through the Sloane years to her turn as Anton Du Beke’s worst-ever Strictly partner, the former TV style guru’s memoir is sometimes borderline deranged, often haphazard, but never dull

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Barbara Trapido's 'undeniably sexy' novel of academic bohemia still dazzles at 40

Barbara Trapido’s debut novel, Brother of the More Famous Jack, is one of those books that seems destined to reach its readers in roundabout ways.

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Partygate Revisited: why Boris Johnson’s Downing Street is starting to sound like an Evelyn Waugh novel

When allegations arose some years ago that former prime minister David Cameron had behaved obscenely with a pig’s head during a Bullingdon Club event while at the University of Oxford, he distanced himself from the controversial group, saying:

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