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Your New Year's social media cleanse: Reread contrarian legend Christopher Hitchens
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTwelve years after Christopher Hitchens' death, a new collection of the legendary contrarian's essays feels like an antidote to our 2024 attention deficit.
Martin Amis, literary ‘enfant terrible’, dies aged 73
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMartin Amis, the “literary agitator” behind acclaimed novels including London Fields, Money and The...
EastEnders actor Nicholas Ball, who played Terry Bates, dies aged 78 after ‘short illness’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoEastEnders star Nicholas Ball has died aged 78 after suffering from a short illness. Ball was best...
Opinion: A cerebral rock star is dead
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a tribute to his literary hero, John Avlon calls Martin Amis, who died last week, “an impossibly cool and erudite observer,” who “chronicled...
Martin Amis’s widow to receive knighthood on husband’s behalf
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe wife of the Zone of Interest author will be honoured at Windsor Castle on behalf of her late...
The moment Matthew Perry tore into ‘complete tool’ Peter Hitchens during Newsnight debate about drug...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMatthew Perry, who has died suddenly aged 54, was known around the world as Chandler Bing, the...
Henry Kissinger, US diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies aged 100
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMr Kissinger, pictured in 2011, served under two US presidents - DAVID HOWELLS Henry Kissinger, the...
They Were Extremely Prepared for Henry Kissinger to Die
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen Henry Kissinger died Wednesday night at the age of 100, the overriding feeling on a large swath...
Martin Amis, British novelist, dies at 73
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe author was best known for his books Money: A Suicide Note, London Fields, and The Information, and his novels also served as inspiration for several...
Salman Rushdie ‘stabbed in neck’ on stage at New York event
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAuthor Salman Rushdie, who was once the subject of a fatwa for his writing, was stabbed in the neck...