INSANE: 10 | Vintage Vibes

Iconic hotel which hosted the Beatles and inspired Dickens’ first novel faces risk of being lost forever

Holmfirth Conservation Area, which starred in popular TV comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine, has been named

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Hotel which hosted British stars and inspired Dickens’ first novel named at risk

Holmfirth Conservation Area, which starred in popular TV comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine, has been named among the saved sites.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Researcher uncovers a new body of work believed to be by Louisa May Alcott

Academic says the seven short stories, five poems and one non-fiction work could be written by the Little Women author under the name EH Gould

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2023

Triggered Literature by John Sutherland review – a cautious approach

The academic treads a little too carefully in his wry but passionless history of books deemed harmful to a reader’s state of mind

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023

Great Expectations: new theatrical adaptation sets Dickens novel in partition-era Bengal

We set eyes on Pip, the protagonist of Charles Dickens’s 1861 novel Great Expectations, for the first time in the churchyard where his parents and brothers are buried. The vision of the boy in front of the ruins of his family is one of rude survivalism. It’s a trait that…

The Conversation · Oct 2, 2023

A meat processer killed a 16-year-old. Yet US lawmakers want more child labor

Adult workers are demanding a fairer slice of corporate profits – so child labor is a way to increase and undercut the labor pool

The Guardian - US · Sep 27, 2023

Slavery, illusion and dead white men: Zadie Smith's The Fraud explodes the historical novel

Victorian England loved a juicy scandal and Zadie Smith situates The Fraud in one of the mid-19th century’s most toothsome cause célèbres: the Tichborne case.

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2023

In Meeting With Elon Musk, Netanyahu Calls For End To Antisemitic Bot ‘armies’

The first leg of Israeli Prime Minister’s trip to the United States, where he will address the U.N. General Assembly]

Zenger · Sep 19, 2023

Stunning pop, Theater Camp and new Zadie Smith: Australia’s best things to watch, read and do this weekend

New films, shows, books and a seasonal recipe to spend your time with, selected by the culture and lifestyle desks

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2023

Great Expectations review – Bengal in 1905 is tailor-made for Dickens

Tanika Gupta brings authority and nuance to her adaptation, exploring class, colonialism, partition and invasion – and finding unexpected resonance

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023