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Love, loss and the end of the world: three Australian debut novels seduce and stumble

Coming of age is familiar territory for first-time novelists – the journey from youth to adult maturity. First novels often draw on personal experience. For the reader, they can feel like a hybrid of memoir and fiction. In these three debut novels, growing up happens very differently for each protagonist,…

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023

Couple defend 'lighthouse' parenting style and why they let kids go out at night alone

A couple who describe themselves as 'lighthouse parents' have opened up about their decision to let their young children, aged just six and 10, out at night on their own

Daily Mirror · Jun 7, 2023

Tony Mowbray addresses Jobe Bellingham's presence at Sunderland's play-off against Luton

Teenage Birmingham City midfielder Jobe Bellingham was pictured at the Stadium of Light

Chronicle Live · May 14, 2023

Landlords in Edinburgh 'bullying' tenants into rent hikes above price cap or face eviction

Landlords are currently unable to increase rent prices unless their tenants agree, though some are being pressured into accepting increases due to to fears of being evicted or even higher rent once the cap ends.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 20, 2023

Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas review – a melancholic novel about lives not lived

The Australian author’s quiet debut follows an unnamed narrator who falls for a charming man the same age as her mother, with both older adults competing for her attention

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2023

Why Stiliyan Petrov began playing in a Sunday League team with David Busst, Maik Taylor and Jude Bellingham’s dad

"It's all about the love of football," Petrov tells FourFourTwo after his leukaemia forced him to retire from professional sport

FourFourTwo · Apr 13, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘I think she felt the Labour activists were dogmatic, a bit intimidating. That made me cross’

They both voted Labour until recently, when one joined the Conservative party. Would they find common ground on small boats, benefits or Brexit?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2023

A Little Life review: a ‘grisly spectacle’ starring James Norton

It’s “rare for a play to be a phenomenon before it even opens”, but A Little Life has managed that, said Sarah Crompton on What’s On Stage. The 2015 novel by Hanya Yanagihara on which it is based – about a New York lawyer whose life has been destroyed by…

The Week · Apr 13, 2023

The week in theatre: A Little Life; Sea Creatures – review

James Norton elevates Ivo van Hove’s knotty adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestseller. And to the sea as Cordelia Lynn’s breezy new play sets a family adrift

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

A Little Life review: A naive and psychologically incurious narrative of abuse

Ivo Van Hove’s adaptation starring James Norton is cold, surgical and humourless

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023