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Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory review – a boosterish case for atomic energy

silverguide.site – Safety concerns demand more space and consideration in this otherwise excellent work of popular science…
Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory review – a boosterish case for atomic energy
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Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon

silverguide.site – How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explains his glorious allure…
Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon
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The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey review – beyond the bounds of fiction

silverguide.site – You can read it from either end, and go round again, as memoir collides with invention in a brilliant interrogation of art, faith and relationships…
The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey review – beyond the bounds of fiction
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Salman Rushdie says AI won’t threaten authors until it can make people laugh

silverguide.site – Author tells Hay festival AI has no sense of humour but when it writes a funny book ‘we’re screwed’…
Salman Rushdie says AI won’t threaten authors until it can make people laugh
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Dragon on Centre Street by Jonah Bromwich review – drama of Trump the felon

silverguide.site – The New York Times reporter gives an insightful – and withering – account of the president’s hush-money trial…
Dragon on Centre Street by Jonah Bromwich review – drama of Trump the felon
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‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?

silverguide.site – As a small press launches dedicated to new male fiction, authors including Anne Enright and Nikesh Shukla ask if men are really being pushed out of publishing…
‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?
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Herbert Pocket is far from a minor character in Great Expectations | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Readers take issue with Herbert Pocket being deemed a ‘nobody’ in an article by Zoe Williams…
Herbert Pocket is far from a minor character in Great Expectations | Letters
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‘In his company you could not be lazy’: remembering my friend Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

silverguide.site – A giant of African literature whose best works existed between the political and the personal, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was warm, funny and friendly – and liked to bet on my pool games…
‘In his company you could not be lazy’: remembering my friend Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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Jacqueline Wilson ‘very wary’ of writing adult Tracy Beaker novel

silverguide.site – Author says she won’t revisit the beloved character because it would seem ‘inappropriate’ to discuss her sex life…
Jacqueline Wilson ‘very wary’ of writing adult Tracy Beaker novel
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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

silverguide.site – The Propagandist by Cécile Desprairies; Lovers of Franz K by Burhan Sönmez; Back in the Day by Oliver Lovrenski; Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst…
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May

silverguide.site – Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments…
What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May
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Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’

silverguide.site – The Canadian author on mountain running to George Eliot, powerful reminders from Omar El Akkad and the translation that brought Homer’s Iliad to life…
Madeleine Thien: ‘I ran in blizzards and -20C – all I wanted was to listen to Middlemarch’
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Ghost Wedding by David Park review – a thought-provoking novel about the power of the past

silverguide.site – The romance is beautifully drawn in this tale of two couples whose lives overlap at a Northern Irish manor house, a century apart…
Ghost Wedding by David Park review – a thought-provoking novel about the power of the past
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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she believes online pornography played role in rape case

silverguide.site – Caroline Darian tells Hay festival that pornography websites are ‘part of the system’ of misogyny and violence…
Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she believes online pornography played role in rape case
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Aidan Chambers obituary

silverguide.site – Teacher and writer of ‘youth novels’, which he defended as a literature worth studying and preserving…
Aidan Chambers obituary
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Kataraina by Becky Manawatu review – a generous and masterful novel

silverguide.site – Both a sequel and prequel to the Māori and Pākehā author’s acclaimed debut, Auē, Kataraina is filled with heart-achingly beautiful vignettes…
Kataraina by Becky Manawatu review – a generous and masterful novel
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Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood

silverguide.site – The actor warmly narrates this intimate account of his rise to stardom, from the traumas that shaped his childhood to the epiphany that would lead to his glittering career…
Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood
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Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle review – what exactly is ‘clairgustance’?

silverguide.site – A chef can taste the favourite foods of the departed, in this debut mash-up of satire, ghost story and slushy romance…
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle review – what exactly is ‘clairgustance’?
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The Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan review – Timothy Leary’s right hand woman

silverguide.site – A key a protagonist of the psychedelic counterculture, Rosemary Woodruff lived a life every bit as fascinating as her husband’s…
The Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan review – Timothy Leary’s right hand woman
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The not-so sentimental bloke: who was the man behind CJ Dennis’s beloved Australian character?

silverguide.site – Two researchers believe they have identified the real-life inspiration for the bestselling book of verse…
The not-so sentimental bloke: who was the man behind CJ Dennis’s beloved Australian character?
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