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Books

Dick Cavett - Talk Show Host - 1974

Dick Cavett’s favourite books: a surprisingly unpretentious list

The legendary US talk show host selects the quirky and the classic.

Andrew Clayman
Oct 23, 2025
Jonathan Franzen - Author - 1988

Jonathan Franzen’s favourite opening line to a novel: “The very first impulse of the narrator”

“The method of the whole novel is here in a nutshell.”

Paulina Subia
Oct 22, 2025
Power-packed- Margaret Atwood on her favourite opening line in the history of literature - Far Out Magazine

“Power-packed”: Margaret Atwood’s favourite opening line in the history of literature

Instant impact…

Will Howard
Oct 19, 2025
Robert E Howard - Far Out Magazine

Robert E Howard: The bizarre life of the ‘Conan the Barbarian’ creator

A journey and a half…

Will Howard
Oct 18, 2025
‘The Bark Tree’- How Rowland S Howard’s favourite book reflects his mysterious artistic footprint

‘The Bark Tree’: How Rowland S Howard’s favourite book reflects his mysterious artistic footprint

An early existential classic.

Jordan Potter
Oct 9, 2025
Stephen King - Author - 2024

How Stephen King became America’s most banned author: “See what all the pissing and moaning is about”

It’s dystopian.

Aimee Ferrier
Oct 1, 2025
Flannery O'Connor - Author

Flannery O’Connor’s diary entry on living a good, lazy life

An advocate for procrastination.

Lucy Harbron
Sep 30, 2025
Vladimir Nabokov - Author

“An impossible scene in the real past”: Vladimir Nabokov’s enlightening dream diary

Who says recounting a dream has to be dull?

Andrew Clayman
Sep 29, 2025
Jack Kerouac - Author - Writer

“Angrier each time”: When Jack Kerouac waged war against the publishing industry

A lesson in determination.

Lucy Harbron
Sep 25, 2025
Anthony Bourdain - 2019 - Chef - Author - Writer - Traveller

Anthony Bourdain’s ultimate food book reading list: “An absolute timeless classic”

A foodie reading list.

Lucy Harbron
Sep 20, 2025
Ernest Hemingway - Lauren Bacall - Drinks - Spain - 1950s

The day Ernest Hemingway decreed that he had “never been happier”

What makes a complicated man happy?

Will Howard
Sep 19, 2025
Albert Camus - Nobel prize winner - 1957

“The reign of beasts”: Albert Camus’ chilling diary entry on the brink of World War II

May you be cursed to live in interesting times.

Will Howard
Sep 18, 2025

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