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The Perfect Couple: a cocktail of Succession, The White Lotus and Agatha Christie that ultimately fails to deliver

“Nantucket!” exclaims Ishmael, the narrator of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851). “Look at it – a mere hillock, and elbow of sand; all beach, without a background.”

The Conversation

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’: 15 of the most iconic book covers

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there

The Independent UK

The 32 greatest time travel movies

You don't need a DeLorean to revisit these time travel gems

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The world’s best hotel tennis courts – from playing among Arizona’s red rocks to practising on Italian cliffs

Admire the views while you’re waiting to serve at one of these inspiring places to play tennis

The Independent UK

Hemingway and Monroe's beloved French Riviera hotel to reopen after 50 years as high end homes

Hôtel Provençal opened in 1927 and quickly became a magnet for the rich and famous in the Jazz Age, with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel and Winston Churchill all having visited

Evening Standard

The Great Gatsby review – a literary classic becomes a Broadway dud

F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel makes an underwhelming transfer to the stage in a bombastic yet misfiring new production

The Guardian - US

Rediscovered: the long-lost script that helped The Great Gatsby become a classic

F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel was a flop until a 1926 staging became a Broadway smash

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How We Break: Navigating the Wear and Tear of Living by Vincent Deary review – the ways in which we’re undone

The psychologist and researcher’s persuasive inquiry into how life’s struggles take their toll is full of hard-won wisdom

The Guardian - UK

24 of the best-selling novels of all time to read in 2024

Increase your cultural capital and expand your worldview

Evening Standard

The Savoy hotel review: Expect to be treated like royalty at London’s iconic Grande Dame (for a price)

The capital’s first ever luxury hotel still offers unbeatable service for a once-in-lifetime stay, finds Joanna Whitehead

The Independent UK

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s prized book and music collection ensnared for thousands

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

The Independent UK

Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott’s 'Ex-Wife'?

In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby.” Four years later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, “Ex-Wife.”

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Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts | Behold the ultimate English gentleman

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’ personal collections go under the hammer in September, revealing some quirks and that his heart always belonged to jazz

The Hindu

Charlie Watts’ book collection to be sold at Christie’s

Rare books owned by the Rolling Stones drummer – including first editions of The Great Gatsby and The Hound of the Baskervilles – will be auctioned this autumn

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Top 10 summer love stories

With holidays, light evenings and heat, it is a season that goes naturally with romance, as authors from F Scott Fitzgerald to Maggie O’Farrell show

Fortune

Elizabeth Holmes wants to reinvent herself as ‘Liz.’ No one seems to be buying it

In a New York Times profile, former Theranos CEO and entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is reaching for a second act as Liz. But the public isn't having it.

Wales Online

10 books worth a fortune that could be sitting on your shelf

First editions are among the most sought-after

The Independent UK

‘I want to write and I am going to write’: The lost world of Zelda Fitzgerald

Her husband F Scott Fitzgerald called her ‘America’s first flapper’, but Zelda Fitzgerald, who died 75 years ago, was much more than the tragic wife and muse of a famous male writer. Kat Lister explores her literary legacy

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The Roald Dahl problem: Is it right to remove disturbing language from works of literature?

Bookmark: Once again, the books of Roald Dahl have been rewritten to remove words and phrases that might offend.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Tory millionaires: a party of the rich, for the rich

Editorial: The inability to remove his own party chair after a multimillion-pound tax mistake underlines Rishi Sunak’s weakness

The Independent UK

In George Santos’s district, setting of The Great Gatsby, cries of ‘imposter’ abound

George Santos rose to power by courting the same Long Island elite that Jay Gatsby fooled in F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, but the residents he represents see him as a Great American Nightmare, Richard Hall reports.

The Conversation

The foot scene in House of the Dragon was upsetting, but it's nothing compared to the real history of the fetish

From the day it first graced our screens, the Game of Thrones franchise became infamous for depicting rather shocking and taboo sexual proclivities. From incest and necrophilia, to sadism and borderline-cannibalism, viewers have truly been exposed to (an often disturbing) range of erotic desires. Yet, even after a decade on…

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Best books for readers short on time, as recommended by Jennifer Down, Johann Hari, Tony Birch and more

We asked acclaimed writers, critics and book lovers to recommend great reads for the time-poor among us. They came back with thrilling page-turners, beloved classics and a few gems you've probably never heard of.

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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is super-spangly, explosive, narratively unhinged – and an artistic triumph

A new Baz Luhrmann film caused a stir this year at Cannes – again.

The Guardian - UK

Through its rambling millionaires, The Great Gatsby satirises racist ideology

Letter: In his 1925 novel, F Scott Fitzgerald is not ‘referencing’ white supremacist ideas but attacking them head-on, writes Richard Ellis

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