10 fiction and nonfiction books to understand the Vietnam War The Vietnam War inspired enduring literature, from both sides of the world The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2025
A Quiet Evening by Norman Lewis review – they don’t make travel writers like this any more From run-ins with Hemingway in Havana to gunmen in Guatemala, this colourful collection of the late writer’s long-form journalism shows why Graham Greene was an admirer The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025
Fiction to look out for in 2025 An epic family saga, new novels from Natasha Brown and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, plus a David Szalay masterpiece… the coming year looks good The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024
The Third Man at 75: how a bombed-out Vienna helped create a gripping post-war thriller A narrow, dimly lit street, night time, post-war Vienna. American hack novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton) is slightly inebriated. He hears someone shuffle in a dark doorway. The countenance of the concealed man is briefly illuminated by an apartment light. It is a man he had presumed dead: his old… The Conversation · Nov 26, 2024
Barbara Taylor Bradford obituary Bestselling author who enjoyed overnight success with her debut novel A Woman of Substance The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024
Matt Haig: ‘I use Winnie-the-Pooh as a pencil sharpener for the mind’ The author on how AA Milne and Emily Dickinson helped him through illness, being inspired by Stephen King and why he thinks Graham Greene is one of the best The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
Best Graham Greene books to plunge you into theological quandaries From the late author’s great morality novels to his thrilling, comedic and romantic yarns Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2024
TV tonight: the maid who inherited a castle she is not allowed to sell A fascinating documentary details the conundrum Justina faces when she is bequeathed the property she has worked in all her life. Plus: lifesaving surgeons at work. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
Brats to Anyone But You: the seven best films to watch on TV this week The Brat Pack – from Emilio Estevez to Demi Moore and more – have a nostalgic reunion in a documentary packed with Hollywood war stories, plus Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell will sweep you off your feet with their breezy romcom The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024
Harvey Keitel To Star In Crime Thriller Laws Of Man Harvey Keitel, Dermot Mulroney, Richard Brake, and Jackson Rathbone star in the crime thriller Laws of Man, generating buzz at Cannes Film Festival. Top News · May 13, 2024
The Best Movies About Native Americans And How To Watch Them We're breaking down the best movies that are centered around Native Americans. Cinemablend · Jan 28, 2024
OPINION - Tracey Emin: When I was 14, I used to have sex every Friday night in the back of someone’s van — they were 22 The saddest book I ever read was The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. What made it incredibly sad is the friend that gave me the book had been having an affair with my boyfriend. Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024
How To Watch Echo Online And Stream All Episodes Of New Marvel Miniseries The MCU goes gritty in this new adult-aimed thriller, starring Alaqua Cox. Here's how to watch Echo online and from anywhere. Cinemablend · Jan 9, 2024
African writer ruined by row with Graham Greene finally gets chance to shine Fifty years after being accused of plagiarism, book is reissued in a bid to rehabilitate gifted Malian author Yambo Ouologuem The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023
The Guardian - US · Sep 27, 2023 Farewell to groundbreaking Reservation Dogs: ‘Nothing else out there like it’ The acclaimed series, co-created by Taika Waititi, is ending after three seasons, leaving behind an important milestone for Indigenous representation
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023 Author Mick Herron: ‘I’d have made an awful spy. I don’t have a smartphone or wifi’ As he publishes a new standalone novel, the spotlight-shunning author of the Slow Horses books talks about politics, time-travel and identity-swapping
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023 Jane Birkin obituary Singer and actor who duetted with Serge Gainsbourg on Je T’aime … Moi Non Plus in 1969 and went on to a prolific film career
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023 The Third Man: A Musical Thriller review – atmospheric and eccentric version of classic noir The songs may not compare to the 1949 film’s zither music, but the design amplifies Trevor Nunn’s elegantly shadowy production
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022 ‘The Russian Bond is on his way’: exclusive extracts from the letters of John le Carré Former spy David Cornwell, best known as John le Carré, was a bestselling novelist but also a prolific letter-writer. Here we publish extracts from his correspondence with Alec Guinness, Graham Greene, Tom Stoppard and others
USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 10, 2022 HBO’s The Last of Us casts Henry and Sam, along with two all-new characters Numerous well-known actors are joining HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2022 Lord of the Flies is surely fit for the Queen? Brief letters: William Golding and the Big Jubilee Read | Graham Greene | Steps at St Paul’s Cathedral | Priti Patel’s TV lesson | A new title for The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022 Our Man in Havana review – Graham Greene classic becomes a clever musical The actor-musicians deserve an award for multitasking here, switching between roles and instruments in a production exploring lying and dual identities
The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2022 This is the story of the BBC’s early broadcasting mavericks The BBC was built upon the dreams and ambitions of a few nonconformist men who would ultimately have to pay the price. Stifling renegades today will do little to ward off the threats the corporation faces, writes Simon Potter
The Conversation · Apr 6, 2022 100 years of the BBC: the rebels who reshaped broadcasting – and paid the price In his 1941 book The Power Behind the Microphone, Peter Pendleton Eckersley, the BBC’s former chief engineer, described his “dream” for the future of radio and television: