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Who are the worst fathers in literature? Our experts make the tough call

Literature has long portrayed messed-up families. As poet Philip Larkin famously wrote, “They fuck you up, your mum and dad. / They may not mean to, but they do.”

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Nobel prize winner Olga Tokarczuk: ‘We live with violence and misogyny like some sort of constant illness’

The Polish author on her new horror novel, the genius of John Cheever and chasing the London of her dreams

The Guardian - UK

Elaine by Will Self review – an intense reimagining of the author’s mother’s life

Elaine is a thwarted writer in 1950s upstate New York, on the brink of affairs and murdering her own child, in a claustrophobic novel full of Self’s stylistic mannerisms

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Strange Relations by Ralf Webb review – brave new queer world

A richly rewarding account of how four literary giants created an erotic revolution in post-war American culture

The Guardian - UK

Strange Relations: Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America by Ralf Webb review – sex and the literary lions

A concise study of Tennessee Williams, John Cheever, Carson McCullers and James Baldwin, and how their sexuality informed their work, veers between lecture-hall lit crit and novelistic immediacy

The Guardian - UK

Gary Oldman Talks Sobriety And 'Harry Potter' At Cannes

British actor Gary Oldman, who plays a washed-up alcoholic writer in new Cannes film "Parthenope", said Wednesday he is celebrating 27 years sober.

International Business Times

Gary Oldman clarifies previous Harry Potter criticism: ‘You are always hypercritical of your own work’

Actor, who starred as Sirius Black in the film franchise, previously called his performance ‘mediocre’

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Richard Serra: Six Large Drawings review – planes of black that pull you under

The artist’s posthumous show features dramatic drawings on delicate paper, etched with thick oil sticks – a magisterial play on ideas of weight and light

The Guardian - UK

Michael Cunningham: ‘Some people have never forgiven me for not just writing The Hours again’

The acclaimed author was halfway through writing a novel when the pandemic hit – forcing him to start over. He discusses the new book, and how he’s continuing to honour his literary heroes

The Guardian - UK

Robert Gottlieb obituary

American editor who worked with many celebrated authors including Anthony Burgess, Doris Lessing and Joseph Heller

The Guardian - UK

Walking a city from top to bottom offers a moveable feast

Walk and sit

The Independent UK

Māori Twitter, and other issues

Māori Twitter, "little birds picking up crumbs", and speckled kumara: a conversation between Hawkes Bay writer Shelley Burne-Field and author Colleen Maria Lenihan

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