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David Bowie fan? Musician's former Bromley home for sale for £449,500

Bowie moved into the house in 1953, aged six, and lived there for a year

Evening Standard

Michael Sheen, Jameela Jamil and Hanif Kureishi join packed Hay festival lineup

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader, is also due to appear, in a festival dedicated to activism and an exploration of the impact of AI

The Guardian - UK

Michael Sheen, Anton Du Beke and Donald Trump’s niece among Hay Festival line-up

The arts and literature event will also see Hanif Kureishi, who woke up without the use of his hands, arms and legs, speak.

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Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence

Freedom of speech groups alarmed after events to promote book by Hope Not Hate employee are called off

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‘It has been a year since I felt joy’: Paul Sagar on coming to terms with the climbing accident that paralysed him

A 20-metre fall while mountaineering left the academic and philosopher with life-changing injuries. In this extract from his diary, his clear-eyed willingness to confront his situation leads to some breathtakingly honest reflections

The Guardian - UK

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024: Literary It-girls, art world intrigue and sociopathy

THE LIST: Catch up on 2024’s most illuminating life stories, encompassing tales of recovery, literary feuds and devastating betrayal, with Katie Rosseinsky’s edit of the best memoirs and biographies

The Independent UK

The week in audio: Shattered By Hanif Kureishi; The Hidden 20%; Begin Again; The Joe Rogan Experience – review

The now paralysed writer’s memoir is a compelling listen; an award-winning show features neurodivergent guests; Davina McCall connects with fellow midlife women; and the world’s biggest podcaster meets Musk and Trump

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Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – picking up the pieces

The Buddha of Suburbia author’s wildly inspiring memoir of illness and defiance

The Guardian - UK

The Buddha of Suburbia at the Barbican review: an exuberant affair exploring cultural and sexual identity

4/5 There are terrific performances, puppets and plenty of shagging in this adaptation of Hanif Kureishi’s novel

Evening Standard

Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – broken, bedbound, but unbowed

The author’s memoir recounts his life since the accident that left him paralysed and mixes typically forthright takes on sex and scatology with ruthless candour about his physical state

The Guardian - UK

Now or never: inside the 18 October Guardian Weekly

Can Kamala Harris win America’s hearts and minds? Plus: Hanif Kureishi, after his life-changing fall

The Guardian - UK

‘My body is broken, but I’m not going to give up’: Hanif Kureishi on life after the accident that paralysed him

He was known for taboo-busting, transgressive stories about identity, sexuality and belonging. Then the author and screenwriter broke his neck. But he’s still every bit as provocative …

The Guardian - UK

Sally Rooney, Hanif Kureishi, Elizabeth Strout: the best new books for Autumn

Discover the best new books this Autumn, from gripping novels to insightful memoirs

Evening Standard

In My Own Words: Hanif Kureishi review – so frank it’s breathtaking

Two years ago, a catastrophic fall changed Kureishi’s life in an instant. But it’s clear from this film that it hasn’t changed his wild, hilarious, trailblazing spirit

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TV tonight: Hanif Kureishi reflects on life before and after his fall

The writer is unsentimental about his devastating accident in a moving new film. Plus: Richard E Grant on Mozart the musical prodigy. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Buddha of Suburbia; Love’s Labour’s Lost – review

A new era at the RSC opens with a potent staging by Emma Rice and Hanif Kureishi of his classic everyman tale and a clever take on Shakespeare’s comedy that cuts through the verbiage – with help from a Bridgerton stalwart

The Guardian - UK

The Buddha of Suburbia review – playful spin through Hanif Kureishi’s novel

Emma Rice directs an ebullient RSC version of the landmark 1990 story of sex, music, class and racism

The Guardian - UK

‘Although I’m tetraplegic, I’ve started to feel normal’: Hanif Kureishi on staging The Buddha of Suburbia

As his coming-of-age rollercoaster hits the stage, the novelist talks about the boredom of hospitals, how Britain has changed since Buddha – and why shouting at his kids is a great way to write blogs

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The week in audio: The Wombles; A Single Act; ’Twas the Nighy Before Christmas; Hanif Kureishi Guest Edits Today; Dom Joly – review

A fun and furry flashback with the original ecowarriors; a double helping of Bill Nighy; gripping revelations from Hanif Kureishi; and Dom Joly on his best behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Today guest editors review – Radio 4 dishes up eggs over uneasy with Goulding, Kureishi and James May

Christmas tradition dictates unqualified celebrities edit the flagship news show for five days, with results as skippable – and occasionally tasty – as festive leftovers

The Guardian - UK

Hanif Kureishi: accident ‘completely eradicated’ sense of self and privacy

Author says he had to adjust to ‘becoming another person’ after injuries in Boxing Day fall last year

The Independent UK

Hanif Kureishi says ‘world seems much darker’ on anniversary of Boxing Day accident

Kureishi, 69, lost the use of his hands and legs after a devastating accident in Rome last year

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Malkinson, wrongly convicted of rape, to guest edit BBC’s Today

Miscarriage of justice victim will be among programme’s Christmas editors which also include Hanif Kureishi and James May

The Guardian - UK

We can revile Putin’s violence in Ukraine, but we’re not at war with Russian culture

Elizabeth Gilbert was wrong to stop her novel being published on account of its setting

The Guardian - UK

Hanif Kureishi to publish memoir about accident that left him paralysed

Shattered, out in 2024, will expand on the material the Buddha of Suburbia author has been sharing on social media from his hospital bed since a fall in Rome last year

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