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Notable deaths of 2024

by Raphaëlle PICARD / Janet MCEVOY From Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to British actress Maggie Smith and US music titan Quincy Jones, here are some of 2024's most notable deaths. - February - - 4: HAGE GEINGOB, Namibia's President and its first post-independence prime minister, aged 82 - 9: ROBERT BADINTER, France's former justice minister who ended capital punishment in …

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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Jamie Oliver's company boss quits scarcely two years after replacing chef's brother-in-law as chief executive of restaurant empire

Daily Mail

With its great hall, gables and priest hole, there can be few more splendidly atmospheric settings for a family Christmas than Spains Hall, the magnificent Elizabethan pile which Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, snapped up for £6million in 2019. Jamie and Jools paid themselves almost £7million in dividends – ‘an absolute joke’ according to one creditor still owed almost …

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How do you adapt ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ into a TV show? By taking creative risks.

LA Times

When Colombian director Laura Mora was first approached about joining the team tasked with adapting Gabriel García Márquez’s novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” into a TV series, she was more than skeptical. With the arrival of streaming giants like Netflix and their commitment to bolstering local talent and productions, García Márquez’s family — which includes his son, filmmaker Rodrigo …

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Is the deep ocean more magnificent than outer space?

Live Mint

The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean. On the “pale gold” seabed were obsidian rocks with “patches of neon-orange” and sea cucumbers grazing “like tiny translucent-purple cows”. For much of the 20th century oceanography flourished, popularised by explorers such as Jacques Cousteau, who wrote that the deep was a “silent world”. “Sing Like Fish”, by Amorina Kingdon, a …

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Veteran Spanish actor and Almodovar staple Marisa Paredes passes away at 78

The Hindu

Legendary Spanish actor Marisa Paredes has passed away. While she acted in 75 movies, she will be best remembered for the five films she starred in directed by Pedro Almodovar: Dark Habits, High Heels, The Flower of My Secret, All About My Mother and The Skin I Live In. She acted Spain's classic modern directors, beginning with Fernando Trueba in …

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Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image

NPR

Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image Scott Simon talks with Lily Tuck about her new novel, "The Rest is Memory." SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Lily Tuck saw a photo of a girl about a decade ago - 14 years old, face bruised, eyes stony, and shown in striped concentration camp garb, wearing the …

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Renowned Taiwanese romance novelist Chiung Yao found dead aged 86

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Famed Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, whose romance novels made her a …

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Famed romance writer Qiong Yao dies

China Daily

File photo of Qiong Yao. Renowned romance novelist Qiong Yao died in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Wednesday. Qiong was regarded as the most popular romance writer in the Chinese-speaking world, and her novels have been adapted into more than 100 films and television series. Her novel Jidu Xiyang Hong was adapted into a popular TV drama in 1985, marking …

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Taiwan romance novelist Chiung Yao dies in apparent suicide

New Indian Express

Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, whose romance novels were wildly popular in the Chinese-speaking world, has died, authorities said Wednesday. The body of Chiung Yao, which was the pen name used by Chen Che, was found at her home in New Taipei City, the local fire department told AFP. "In the drawers of every literary young girl in 1950s, …

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Book Review: Robin Cook sets his latest thriller in the iconic Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital

Associated Press

The building on New York’s East Side that used to house Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital has inspired tales of horror from the likes of H.P. Mitt’s “long and impressive medical pedigree” goes back more than 400 years and includes three previous surgeons and a psychiatrist. But this is a Robin Cook novel, so readers shouldn’t be surprised that Mitt’s dream slowly …

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Chinese web novels added to British Library collection

China Daily

Some of the exhibited titles. LONDON — The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Nov 21 by adding printed copies of 10 novels originally published online by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land and Joy of Life. These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yuewen, an online Chinese literature company, were donated to document the …

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Chinese web novels added to British Library collection

China Daily

Some of the exhibited titles. LONDON — The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Nov 21 by adding printed copies of 10 novels originally published online by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land and Joy of Life. These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yuewen, an online Chinese literature company, were donated to document the …

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3 weeks ago

Chinese web novels added to British Library collection

China Daily

China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-03 09:05 Some of the exhibited titles. LONDON — The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Nov 21 by adding printed copies of 10 novels originally published online by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land and Joy of Life. These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yuewen, an online Chinese …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Shobhaa De critiques Nayanthara's documentary for 'monetising wedding footage'

India Today

Novelist Shobhaa De recently shared her thoughts on Netflix’s documentary Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale, which delves into the life and wedding of the South Indian superstar. I tried bravely to watch for 45 minutes, hoping SOMETHING would wake me up from the tedium of wading through dull clips of talking heads going on about Nayanthara and her incredible life." …

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Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for A Woman of Substance, dies at 91

ABC

Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British journalist who became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the saga A Woman of Substance and who wrote more than a dozen other novels that sold tens of millions of copies, has died at age of 91. Starting with A Woman of Substance, published in 1979, Bradford averaged nearly a book a year as …

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Get Millie Black: Marlon James’ HBO show does something similar to his novels.

Slate

Detective shows are often full of clichés. But HBO’s Get Millie Black, set in Jamaica, is not that kind of show. Orville is now Hibiscus, a transgender sex worker who lives in the Gully, a dry paved canal bed running through the city, and Get Millie Black’s emblem of Jamaica’s paradoxes. There’s a sturdy detective story running through Get Millie …

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Barbara Taylor Bradford death: Bestselling novelist dies, aged 91

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford, who wrote the acclaimed novel A …

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Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection

Associated Press

Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the U.S., has written three historical novels, including the well-regarded “Mrs. The result, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” is an astonishingly good debut collection that often incorporates the bizarre, life-altering reality of the pandemic into the plots. Kids, relationships, satisfying careers — the “seductive slipstream of productivity.” …

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Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for 'A Woman of Substance,' has died at 91

Hindustan Times

NEW YORK — Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British journalist who became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the saga "A Woman of Substance" and wrote more than a dozen other novels that sold tens of millions of copies, has died. Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for 'A Woman of Substance,' has died at 91 Bradford died Sunday at …

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A Woman of Substance author Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91

The Telegraph

Bestselling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford has died at the age of 91, it has been announced. The author, who wrote A Woman of Substance, died peacefully at her home on Sunday following a short illness “and was surrounded by loved ones to the very end”, a spokesman said. Bradford began work as a typist for the Yorkshire Evening Post before …

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Barbara Taylor Bradford, Yorkshire-born novelist whose blockbusters included A Woman of Substance

The Telegraph

Barbara Taylor Bradford, who has died aged 91, rose from suburban Leeds to become the doyenne of popular fiction, famous for hugely successful blockbusters about strong-willed women who fight back the tears in the face of adversity and emerge rich and happy while reflecting on life, love and what they are going to cook for tonight’s dinner. “BTB”, as she …

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South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government’s apartheid policy of racial oppression, has died in Paris, his family announced Sunday. He moved to Paris but on a clandestine trip to his home country in 1975 he was arrested on allegations that he assisted Nelson Mandela’s then-outlawed African National Congress group …

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How the martini became the world’s most iconic cocktail

Live Mint

AT DUKES BAR in London there is a limit of two martinis per person. A “boozy cultural prism" is what Alice Lascelles, who writes a column in the Financial Times, calls the drink in a new book, “The Martini". A study by Claire Warner and Tristan Stephenson, two mixologists, identifies at least 21 variables yielding 6.9 quadrillion possible martini combinations. …

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Bulldozer demolitions: Writers, translators condemn JCB for 'blatant hypocrisy'

The Hindu

Over a hundred writers, poets and publishers have come out with an open letter condemning JCB, the British bulldozer manufacturer and organiser of a literature prize, for allegedly “uprooting” the lives of poor and marginalised in India as well as Palestine. Signed by the likes of poet-critic K. Satchidanandan, poet-publisher Asad Zaidi, Adivasi poet Jacinta Kerketta, poet-novelist Meena Kandasamy and …

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Notable deaths of 2024

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Jamie Oliver's company boss quits scarcely two years after replacing chef's brother-in-law as chief executive of restaurant empire

How do you adapt ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ into a TV show? By taking creative risks.

Is the deep ocean more magnificent than outer space?

Veteran Spanish actor and Almodovar staple Marisa Paredes passes away at 78

Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image

Renowned Taiwanese romance novelist Chiung Yao found dead aged 86

Famed romance writer Qiong Yao dies

Taiwan romance novelist Chiung Yao dies in apparent suicide

Book Review: Robin Cook sets his latest thriller in the iconic Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital

Chinese web novels added to British Library collection

Chinese web novels added to British Library collection

Chinese web novels added to British Library collection

Shobhaa De critiques Nayanthara's documentary for 'monetising wedding footage'

Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for A Woman of Substance, dies at 91

Get Millie Black: Marlon James’ HBO show does something similar to his novels.

Barbara Taylor Bradford death: Bestselling novelist dies, aged 91

Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection

Barbara Taylor Bradford, million-selling novelist known for 'A Woman of Substance,' has died at 91

A Woman of Substance author Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91

Barbara Taylor Bradford, Yorkshire-born novelist whose blockbusters included A Woman of Substance

South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

How the martini became the world’s most iconic cocktail

Bulldozer demolitions: Writers, translators condemn JCB for 'blatant hypocrisy'