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The Independent UK · Oct 1

Summer holiday reading: The best travel books to inspire your next trip

From classic memoirs to modern fiction, these travel books capture the spirit of adventure and are perfect to pack for your next holiday.

Euronews · May 3

‘Would you like me to cry now?’: Louis Theroux on the manosphere, marriage and misunderstandings

He’s television’s most daring documentary-maker, known for asking questions others wouldn’t. But Theroux doesn’t seem to like it when the tables are turned

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7

Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux review – George Orwell’s Burmese days vibrantly brought to life

The US writer’s fictionalised portrait of the young Eric Blair’s time with the imperial police in Burma is a keenly felt and vividly researched account of colonial bigotry and power

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024

Louis Theroux: ‘It’s not rude to ask a question. It’s rude to expect an answer’

His signature mix of charm and cheek has made him one of the best interviewers in the game. Will he take it on the chin when the tables are turned?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023

Friday essay: a poet, a disciplinarian, an illiterate grandfather – writers reflect on the teachers who shaped them

What does a writer’s education look like? Is it access to books, regular letter-writing, difficulty in childhood (war, illness, a brutal boarding school)? What talent or disposition primes the young writer for their training? In the push and pull of nature versus nurture, a key element is the right teacher,…

The Conversation · Oct 12, 2023