The Central York school board has gone back on its decision to bar a list of titles by or about people of colour from being used as educational resourcesA wide-ranging ban on books in a southern Pennsylvania school district has been reversed following …
Top 10 novels of the 1930s | Alec Marsh
From George Orwell to Daphne du Maurier, the books that made a decade span village detectives, Edwardian butlers and Bright Young ThingsBeing asked to curate a list of the best 10 novels of the 1930s is rather like being invited to tap-dance on a croco…
Netflix acquires works of Roald Dahl as it escalates streaming wars
Content deal over author of children’s classics such as Matilda and the BFG is firm’s biggest to dateNetflix has acquired the works of Roald Dahl, the author of children’s classics including Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the BFG, in th…
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes review – a wickedly honest memoir
With her naughty stories and cutting remarks, the comic actor spares no blushes – but her account is poignant tooI’m quite sure you picked up this book hoping I’d make you laugh,” Miriam Margolyes writes in her memoir, This Much Is True. She more than …
Looking for a new England: strange sightings in the south-east – in pictures
Stormtroopers, ghostly figures and runaway hens … a new book of photos examines the peculiarities of Kent and beyond Continue reading…
Folio’s 24-year-old founder is bootstrapping a curated, online bookstore
In the midst of TechCrunch Disrupt, hundreds of founders will video call into Startup Alley, eager to share what makes their company stand out. But 24-year-old Clare Carroll’s video background speaks for itself as she calls in from her NYC apartment, which doubles as a stock room for hundreds of books she sells online. Just […]
French book prize under fire after judge’s partner makes shortlist
Goncourt secretary defends decision but criticises same judge for writing scathing review of rival workThe jury for France’s top literary prize, the Goncourt, has been engulfed in a row over ethical breaches after the shortlist included a book by the b…
Einstein’s handwritten calculations for theory of relativity to be auctioned for €3m
The rare document, which records attempts to explain an anomaly in the orbit of Mercury, is ‘a fascinating dive into the mind of the greatest scientist of the 20th century’A crucial series of Albert Einstein’s calculations, scrawled down as the physici…
From Hogwarts to inter-galactic space: how Alfred Enoch’s career rocketed
He gained cult status in Harry Potter, despite not even wanting to audition, then matured in How to Get Away With Murder. What’s the actor doing now? Playing 1,000-year chess in deep space At the age of 10, Alfred Enoch was cast as Gryffindor student D…
Miss Dior by Justine Picardie review – fashion meets the French Resistance
Christian Dior’s younger sister is a largely ghostly presence in this nonetheless enjoyable book about the courageous Nazi-fighting florist Postwar Europe is eternally fascinating: the sheer disjunction between past and present. “I will not disguise th…