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My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy review – wonderfully entertainingMy Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy review – wonderfully entertaining

Biography mingles with fiction as Levy explores the avant-garde writer through the story of three female friends in Paris The narrator of Deborah Levy’s witty scherzo of a “fiction” – “novel” isn’t the word for this uncategorisable book – thinks that Gertrude Stein would have liked Sigmund Freud. She imagines ...

Viktor Orbán inspired rightwingers across the EU and in Britain. His defeat could represent a turning of the tide | Polly ToynbeeViktor Orbán inspired rightwingers across the EU and in Britain. His defeat could represent a turning of the tide | Polly Toynbee

We must hope this vote will be the start of a wider backlash – and send hard-right populism back to the fringes where it belongs The forces of darkness rolled back on Sunday. The mighty combined power of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Donald Trump’s America were defeated in Hungary, as ...

‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide

When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened next In retrospect, arranging to interview Francesca Albanese in a cafe was not the best plan. Before we could start, ...

Middle East crisis live: Hezbollah urges Lebanon to pull out of talks with Israel; blockade of strait of Hormuz beginsMiddle East crisis live: Hezbollah urges Lebanon to pull out of talks with Israel; blockade of strait of Hormuz begins

Hezbollah says it will not abide by agreements that result from the Lebanon-Israel talks in the US; Trump claims Iran wants to make a deal US starts naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes Pakistan has reportedly proposed hosting a second round of talks between the United States and ...

Middle East crisis live: Donald Trump claims Iran ‘wants to work a deal’ and confirms blockade of strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live: Donald Trump claims Iran ‘wants to work a deal’ and confirms blockade of strait of Hormuz

US president claims Iran ‘called this morning’ and says blockade of ships transiting the strait has begun Circling back to Donald Trump’s coming naval blockade, the US military said it would block all Iranian Gulf ports on Monday at 10am ET on Monday (5.30pm in Iran and 1400 GMT), effectively ...

US expected to start naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passesUS expected to start naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes

Iran warns Americans they face higher pump prices due to prohibition scheduled to start on Monday evening Middle East crisis – live updates The US blockade of ships using Iranian ports in the Gulf was due to take effect on Monday evening, turning the six-week-old conflict between the US-Israeli coalition ...