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The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home

‘A street-boy throwing stones at pompous windows’: Claud Cockburn and the birth of guerrilla journalism

Forty years after the death of the man who exposed Nazi sympathisers in Britain and interviewed Al Capone, his son used MI5 files to illuminate his amazing story in a new book

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Isherwood Inside Out by Katherine Bucknell review – courage and camp

The Anglo-American novelist’s angsty inner life is under the spotlight in this impressively researched biography

The Guardian - UK

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Sigrid Nunez: ‘When I was growing up I wanted to be Dr Seuss’

The American author on the greatness of Tolstoy, the joy of Jamaica Kincaid and her insatiable appetite for fairytales

The Guardian - UK

A musical tour of Berlin: from Wagner’s epic opera to techno raves

In our new series, we explore a city through its musical landmarks and songs. First stop, Germany’s hip, historic capital, home to trailblazing clubs and inspiration for Dietrich and Bowie

The Guardian - UK

A hotbed of English radicalism? Auden, Britten and the unsung glory of the Group Theatre

When they weren’t having screaming rows, the members of this overlooked 1930s collective changed the course of cultural history. Why isn’t it better known?

The Guardian - UK

Literature-inspired menswear collections for summer 2024

For their summer 2024 menswear collections, not one but two French designers have sought inspiration in literature. Louis-Gabriel Nouchi turned to Christopher Isherwood's "A Single Man", while Jeanne Friot dived into "The Little Mermaid", both books that explore the complexities and the often-repressed desires of the queer community. We also…

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Why Eurovision really, really, really matters

If ever there were a crystallisation of the word ‘camp’ the annual Song Contest would triumphantly be it. Paul Flynn unpacks this dazzling display of pop music

Evening Standard

‘I hope it gives young people some ideas!’: David Hockney’s immersive art show – photo essay

A new exhibition lets us see the Yorkshire artist’s greatest hits – and overlooked rarities – through new eyes. Photographer Justin Sutcliffe went behind the scenes

The Guardian - UK

A Single Man review – Isherwood’s melancholy mourner falls apart in 60s California

This adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel about a gay man grieving the loss of his lover lacks the depth of Tom Ford’s movie version

The Guardian - UK

Life is (still) a Cabaret: revisiting Bob Fosse's groundbreaking film, 50 years on

In the 1970s, many critics and filmgoers had given up on the movie musical. While the mid-60s had seen the phenomenal successes of The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady, most subsequent attempts to adapt hit Broadway shows or develop new film musicals did not make back…

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