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Can’t get enough of the World Cup? Here are the best books about soccer – chosen by experts

The pain. The penalties. The hairsplitting VAR decisions and astounding off-field politics. From ageing titans to miraculous goals, the FIFA World Cup brims with drama and athleticism.

The Conversation

USA '94 legacy: why two big misses didn't prevent a World Cup hit

Why two big misses didn't prevent World Cup 1994 being a hit, FourFourTwo look at the legacy of the USA's first major football tournament

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Novelist Claire Lynch ‘shell-shocked’ at winning The Nero Gold Prize

Published in May last year, A Family Matter was inspired by real-life child custody cases from the 1980s.

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Claire Lynch first debut novelist to win The Nero Gold Prize

The chairman of judges, Nick Hornby, said he believed Lynch’s novel, A Family Matter, would be ‘read and thought about for years to come’.

Evening Standard

‘The emotion you get from the game is insane’: the Roy Keane bust-up film leading a new type of football movie

Saipan, about Keane’s infamous World Cup row with manager Mick McCarthy, has become a hit film in its native Ireland – as it opens in the UK screenwriter Paul Fraser explains how he aimed to avoid the mistakes of the past

The Guardian - UK

5 Iconic Gen X Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once

New stories appear in every succeeding generation, creating their own versions of what they believe to be real. The Gen X stories employed sarcastic speech to reveal their personalities, demonstrate their ability to solve complex problems, and reject simple answers. The essential Gen X books offer readers insight into their…

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Hafta 536: War drums and fake news with India-Pakistan tensions

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by retired Brigadier Kuldip Singh. In this tense news week, we begin by dissecting India’s Operation Sindoor and strikes on terror camps in Pakistan on May 7. “Neither side, particularly India, wants…

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25 books that should have never been made into movies

It's a wonder Hollywood even bothered adapting these novels, writes Jacob Stolworthy and Adam White

The Independent UK

Gill Hornby: ‘Jane Austen created the six best novels in the English language’

The writer on her third novel, Miss Austen, being turned into a TV drama, what we get wrong about the much-loved author – and why she would never write a book with her husband, Robert Harris

The Guardian - UK

‘It will renew your faith in humanity’: books to bring comfort in dark times

The best literary comfort reads rebuild our strength so we can face reality, argues novelist Francesca Segal. She picks her ultimate reading list – with help from Nick Hornby, Sathnam Sanghera and Naomi Alderman

The Guardian - UK

David Nicholls: ‘Is there great male writing about heterosexual desire at the moment? I’m not sure’

His novels have broken our hearts, made us want to hug our dads and, now, sent us on long rainy walks through the Lake District. Bestselling author David Nicholls talks to Jessie Thompson about love, parenthood, publishing – and that infamous ending

The Independent UK

Funny Woman series two review – Gemma Arterton is tediously perfect

The actor’s character is flawless to the point of being dull in this second outing based on Nick Hornby’s novel. It’s an invitingly warm and gentle watch, but it feels like a soap

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Gemma Arterton is back in Nick Hornby’s Funny Woman

The second season of the charming ode to British comedy begins. Plus: Michael Palin visits Africa’s biggest floating slum. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t know romcoms were so fun!’: the return of Gemma Arterton’s utterly charming 60s drama

Being on set for Nick Hornby’s Funny Woman is so entertaining that the cast struggle to keep a straight face while filming. We spend time behind the scenes of this love letter to swinging 60s London

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Best books about football: Novels, history and personal stories

Prepare for football fever with these great reads

The Independent UK

11 brilliant writers on the books that made them who they are today

Anne Enright, Rory Stewart, Adam Kay and more authors from the Hay Festival lineup tell Ellie Harrison about the books that they’ve loved and felt inspired by

FourFourTwo

'I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: Suddenly. Inexplicably. Uncritically. Giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it': Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch

Nothing speaks to fandom like Hornby's 1992 classic, published when Highbury was crumbling and football literature amounted to little more than your matchday programme. Thirty years later, FFT grabs lunch with the author himself to chew the pasta over Arsenal, Fever Pitch's legacy, the wider game - and just a…

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Andy Burnham: I influenced Arsenal book Fever Pitch as a ‘stupid Everton fan’

The Mayor of Manchester reveals all on his favourite sporting famous memories from across the years

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The 10 best football books EVER

Going away and need a holiday read? After the perfect gift idea? FFT has you covered, with our definitive list of the 10 best football books ever written

The Guardian - UK

Dolly Alderton: ‘In an emergency, I turn to Bridget Jones’

The journalist and author on meeting Nick Hornby, siding with Sylvia Plath, and finding comfort in cookery books

Evening Standard

OPINION - I lost my baby girl, so I know Lucy Letby’s victims need to see justice done

It’s strange how these things affect you. After my second child Zola died last spring, shortly after being born, my wife and I went through absolute hell. Grief will tear you apart — as Joy Division might have put it.

The Guardian - UK

Lisa Jewell: ‘I once read 40 Agatha Christie novels in a year’

The London novelist on reading Dickens at 11 years old, being inspired by Nick Hornby and why she never reads the same book twice

Evening Standard

Nick Hornby: ‘Tearing down problematic sculptures is not the answer’

The British artist is in the midst of unveiling three public commissions in London this summer. He tells Joe Bromley why we need new sculptures in the streets, and his radical plan for dealing with the controversial pieces already in existence

The Guardian - UK

What About Men? by Caitlin Moran review – bantz gone bad

A tendentious take on masculinity that takes unoriginal thoughts and confirms them in the echo chamber of Twitter

The Guardian - UK

London council spending thousands on art and security patrols in opulent wards

Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea, one of most unequal boroughs in UK, allocating social infrastructure funds in wards where homes go for millions

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