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Spent by Alison Bechdel review – the graphic novelist faces up to midlife

In this playfully fictionalised memoir, Alison runs a pygmy goat sanctuary while making a name for herself on stage and screen

Alison Bechdel emerged in the 1980s with Dykes to Watch Out For, a ground…

20 days ago

A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi review – a fable about self-mythology

This gloriously absurd Prague-set tale, in which one woman is split into seven selves, is a wild ride

How many selves do we house? Thousands, thought Virginia Woolf. Are they one and the same? Not acc…

21 days ago

30 days ago

Pathemata by Maggie Nelson review – a writer’s attempt to describe chronic pain

Woolf said language ‘runs dry’ when it comes to convey the reality of illness. Here is an impressive effort to do just that

In her landmark 1985 work, The Body in Pain, American essayist Elaine Scarry…

46 days ago

In the Rhododendrons by Heather Christle review – back to the mother land

A poet’s memoir of family, trauma, and Virginia Woolf pulses with feeling and intelligence

Like most kids, Heather Christle was drilled about “stranger danger”. Like some, she had a family codeword de…

3 months ago

Dior enjoys Oscars glow with show of reinvention at Paris fashion week

Fresh from dressing Mikey Madison, Maria Grazia Chiuri draws on Virginia Woolf’s Orlando in new twist on classics

“In fashion, you can’t invent something new,” said the creative director of Dior, Mari…

Game of Thrones make-up artist who gave James Bond villain Jaws his metal teeth and Nicole Kidman her Virginia Woolf nose leaves massive sum to his wife

Paul Engelen, who died in November last year at the age of 75 following a battle with cancer, left the fortune to his wife following a career in make up artistry spanning nearly 100 films.

Which test includes the memorising of 320 London routes? The Saturday quiz

From Cold War Steve and Benny’s Babbies to President Nixon and a federal agent at large, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What test includes the memorising of 320 London routes?
2 In the 15…

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