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Labour candidate taking on Boris Johnson as MP says being homeless shaped his politics

Danny Beales will take on the ex-PM in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency

Evening Standard

James McAvoy reveals two authors hinted he was miscast for their projects

The Glasgow-born actor, who has starred in a variety of book to film adaptations by Stephen King, Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Philip Pullman, and more.

Daily Record

James McAvoy opens up about his ‘slight’ issue with British writers

The actor, now starring in His Dark Materials, says his confidence plunged when Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith questioned his casting in previous roles

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‘I need to slow down’: James McAvoy on family, faith – and painful truths

For the first 20 years of his meteoric career, James McAvoy hardly stopped for breath. But as the final part of His Dark Materials comes to our screens, he tells Craig McLean it’s time to ease up

The Guardian - UK

‘It feels like fresh air to my ears’: can brown noise really help you concentrate?

Some people use it to improve their focus while others use it to drop off to sleep. The writer Zadie Smith says she listens to it day and night. But what is brown noise? And does it work?

The Guardian - UK

A womansplaining meme is something to shout about

Why a woman yelling into a man’s ear is joyfully subversive, says Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK

What an English degree did for me, by Tulip Siddiq, Sarah Waters and more

As universities close their English literature courses, we celebrate 40 influential British graduates

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Recitatif by Toni Morrison audiobook review – an experiment in racial bias

Actor Bahni Turpin narrates this story about the chance encounters between two girls from different races who first meet as roommates in an orphanage

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Zadie Smith

Not sure whether to read or revisit White Teeth, or go for one of the celebrated author’s other works? Novelist Yara Rodrigues Fowler who was “raised” on Smith has a handy guide

The Guardian - UK

PEN America honors activists, artists and dissidents

From an imprisoned Ukranian journalist to a high school activist in Florida, PEN America paid tribute Monday night to democracy and free expression and warned about the dangers faced in the U.S. and abroad

The Independent UK

Friday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling

Writers can’t always be trusted when they talk about the power and importance of story. We have a vested interest and can get sentimental, promoting the immense power of story, of narrative, as inherently benign.

The Conversation

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Remember my Fresh Prince co-star Smith for his Oscar, not the slap’ says Joseph Marcell

Londoner’s Diary today: Critics’ Circle awards / Sex and Bridgerton / Suave Matt Smith’s the pits / Vick Hope, parasol / Corbyn hangs in / Goldsmith in the jungle

Evening Standard

Zadie Smith to receive PEN America literary service award

The PEN literary award is presented to “an important writer whose work has drawn a wide audience and who helps us understand the human condition in original and powerful ways.” And this year, the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award will be given to author Zadie Smith, 46, making her the youngest-ever…

The Times of India

An elegant, timely test for readers from Toni Morrison

"Recitatif: A Story" by Toni Morrison, with an introduction by Zadie Smith; Alfred A. Knopf (40 pages, $16)

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Gary Shteyngart: ‘We’re entering a time of permanent crisis’

The US satirist on why he had to find a UK publisher for his latest novel, his son’s Korean lessons, and the appeal of Zadie Smith’s White Teeth

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