Sep 23, 2024 · In Osman’s latest novel We Solve Murders, we leave behind the quaint retirement village setting and dive into a world where Instagram influencers are dropping like flies. Our protagonist, Amy, finds herself at the centre of it all, with a mysterious connection to the victims. The only clue to the mastermind funding these murders?

Aug 31, 2024 · Support The Indiependent. We’re trying to raise £200 a month to help cover our operational costs. This includes our ‘Writer of the Month’ awards, where we recognise the amazing work produced by our contributor team.

Oct 24, 2024 · The Odyssey is often thought of as a bit of a slog. The sort of book people think they know but never actually read. Fry challenges that. His Odyssey is not a straight retelling of Homer’s poem, nor a work through which Homer’s voice echoes and intertwines with another poet’s imagination, like Walcott’s Omeros.It is a continuation of his previous retellings of Greek …

Feb 13, 2023 · Witty and weighty all at once, Home, I’m Darling‘s national tour is nothing short of a triumph. As the lights come on and a 50s-makeover Jessica Ransom twirls around her kitchen making breakfast to the tune of ‘Mr Sandman’, the scene is set.

Oct 14, 2024 · Jesse Eisenberg’s second feature film, A Real Pain, creates a meditative yet powerful approach to grief and generational trauma. Sometimes it’s hard to wonder what true pain and loss are in our current world. Sure, we may feel things, but quite quickly we realise how dysfunctional our emotions are in everyday life.

On May 13, 2024, The British Book Awards, organised by The Bookseller, celebrated the best in literature at an event in London and online.

Sep 20, 2024 · With glimpses of powerful storytelling, too soon eclipsed by dry narration, Pelosi just misses the mark of compelling autobiography.

May 6, 2024 · At one point in Andrew O’Hagan’s state-of-the-nation novel, Caledonian Road, one character tells another: “A real writer doesn’t reveal the truth. He hides it beautifully.” And that statement could comfortably be made about O’Hagan.

May 18, 2022 · Admittedly, the movie has been bleached of the darker themes from Truman Capote’s original story, but echoes of them can still be found. Over the decades, Breakfast at Tiffany’s has been watched through rose-tinted glasses, blind to what takes the film from nostalgia-fest romcom to a more complex drama. It is time that everyone stops …

Aug 15, 2023 · First Lady Mary Lincoln suffered a tragic life, plagued by grief, adversity, and the destructive stigma towards mental illness of her time. Vilified as a spendthrift, a Confederate spy, a traitor to the South, and an improper woman for …