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Emma Roberts introduces her newborn son to acclaimed American writer Joan Didion: ‘Rhodes meet Joan’ By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 02:26 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 02:26 GMT, 26 January 2021 Emma Roberts isn’t wasting any precious time in introducing her baby boy to one of the acclaimed American writers. On Monday, the … Read more
Cafe tables under olive trees, medieval villages and swimming in turquoise waters: Why writer HARRY MOUNT is dreaming of Kardamyli in Greece during lockdown Harry Mount recalls swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and Kardamyli in Greece Old Kardamyli is a preserved medieval village of fortified tower houses leading to the Taygetos foothills The … Read more
When I was aged eight, my parents took me on holiday to Windermere. Minutes after arriving at our lakeside campsite, I scrambled on to my lilo and set sail. Unfortunately, a gusty breeze immediately buffeted me towards a row of fishermen. I remember crashing backwards through their fishing lines, staring up at angry anglers wondering … Read more
Cafe tables under olive trees, medieval villages and swimming in turquoise waters: Why writer HARRY MOUNT is dreaming of Kardamyll in Greece during lockdown Harry Mount recalls swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and Kardamyli in Greece Old Kardamyli is a preserved medieval village of fortified tower houses leading to the Taygetos foothills The … Read more
A writer whipped up a guessing game online as to which Hollywood A-List star bad-mouthed Armie Hammer amid leaked ‘cannibalism and rape messages.’ Anna Peele tweeted a Hammer anecdote along with the 2017 piece written by Anne Helen Petersen where the former Buzzfeed Senior Culture Writer described ‘Ten Long Years Of Trying To Make Armie … Read more
A young adult author has been ‘canceled’ after she defended the writers of The Scarlett Letter and other classic novels on Twitter. The incident occurred when antiracist and anti-bias educator Lorena Germán wrote a tweet on November 30 advocating for more diversity among books that are taught in schools. In response, Jessica Cluess, who wrote … Read more
A German court has fined an academic for claiming that a Jewish concentration camp prisoner had a lesbian relationship with an SS guard. Dr Anna Hájková, an historian at the University of Warwick, has been fined €4,000 (£3,700) for breaching an injunction that prevents her from naming the prisoner. The injunction was granted to the … Read more
Yesterday, in the first part of our exclusive new Sherlock Holmes mystery, the eminent detective and Dr Watson were visited by a wealthy impresario whose valuable antique clock had been stolen. But, more disturbingly, the clock’s owner had received seven macabre Christmas cards, signed only by ‘a friend’. Could there be a link to the burglar? … Read more
Oxford Union’s planned talk on ‘cancel culture’ by trans row writer Graham Linehan is AXED after complaints it would cause controversy Oxford Union invited Graham Linehan to give talk then cancelled his appearance Invited to give the talk on ‘cancel culture’ on December 8 but offer rescinded Union blamed ‘logistical difficulties’ and said it hoped to … Read more
His books are a masterclass in the dark arts of concealment, offering up their secrets stealthily, with one invariably leading on to another. But figuring out their author, the spy writer John Le Carré, is like peeling off layers of the Russian dolls made famous by the TV adaptation of his most successful novel, Tinker … Read more