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Salman Rushdie: Who is he, what is he known for and what happened to him?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSir Salman Rushdie has forfeited his home, freedom, marriage and peace of mind due to his...
‘The transcripts were absolutely unbelievable’: The dramatisation of Vardy v Rooney and why TV just...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt 10.29am on 9 October 2019, Coleen Rooney posted a statement on Twitter. It was crafted with all...
Master stylist Martin Amis was the Mick Jagger of the literary world
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe author of ‘Money’ and ‘The Rachel Papers’ once said that posterity was ‘no bloody use to me’,...
Aphra Behn: the 17th-century spy at the heart of a sex scandal
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoOne September morning in 1682, a bizarre advertisement appeared in the pages of the London Gazette....
Yes, Women Have Midlife Crises, Too
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoMiranda July was 45 when she realized that she knew little about what was happening—and what was about to happen—to her body. And in the years that July...
Martin Amis, literary ‘enfant terrible’, dies aged 73
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAuthor of ‘London Fields’ and ‘The Information’, who divided opinion over his writing style and...
Ian McEwan on James Joyce, 'Middlemarch,' and the Book That Made Him Miss a Train Stop
Elle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe screenwriter and Man Booker Prize-winning author of Atonement and Lessons on James Joyce,...
‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ Review: Nicole Newnham’s Gripping, Revelatory Doc Rediscovers a...
Variety via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf, partway through Nicole Newnham’s extraordinary new documentary, you find yourself fighting the...
Classic Reviews: Sinead O’Connor, Universal Mother
SPIN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis article originally appeared in the October 1994 issue of SPIN. Sinead O’Connor has a reputation. No other rock star of her generation has made more...
Review: Salman Rushdie’s memoir is horrific, upsetting – and a masterpiece
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt was the summer of 2022. I’d discovered that Salman Rushdie and one of my oldest friends were...