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Martin Amis RSS feedMartin Amis: How the sexual revolution helped destroy my sister Sally
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Martin Amis tells how the sexual revolution of the Sixties and Seventies played a part in destroying his sister by putting terrifying pressure on women2009-11-20T08:14:34ZThe right choices for a humbled EU
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As with so many decisions in a body composed of 25 member states, the choice of Herman van Rompuy as EU President and Catherine Ashton as EU foreign minister is a messy and inoffensive compromise2009-11-20T09:11:10ZFrom the pearls of Zadie to the D cups of Jordan
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As 2010 draws nearer, the literary world is starting to ask: what were the defining novels of the Noughties?2009-11-20T09:46:10ZDesigner dresses for a bargain in jumble sales of the stars
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It might conjure up visions of rummaging through piles of musty clothes in village halls - but now the jumble sale has gone glamorous2009-11-13T12:04:48ZOur writers are allowed to pick a pocket or two
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You can lay many faults at the door of Sir Andrew Motion but plagiarism is not among them2009-11-13T08:25:12ZLiterary snobs should leave Katie Price alone
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First Lynda La Plante attacks novels written by celebrities. "Publishers, stop spending your millions on this tripe," she said at the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards earlier this month, singling out Katie Price for special opprobrium2009-10-30T08:48:42ZIraq backdrop to Alastair Campbell's choice
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2009-10-14T08:59:14ZSporting Miscellanies
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Political historians of tomorrow will have cause for gratitude to Channel 4’s When Boris Met Dave for revealing the key formative influence on the Tory leader2009-10-09T08:56:24ZEight things to write about a dead Kennedy
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Chris Addison lays down the rules for reporting the death of a major American figure2009-09-02T08:43:41ZNo better spot for a barbie than The Crabtree
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Its spectacular location on the riverbank makes The Crabtree gastropub a fantastic venue
for outdoor dining — weather permitting.2009-08-12T23:00:00ZWhere is the novelist to do our city justice?
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Dickens’s novels seemed to encapsulate the entire city and London became the central character of his work2009-07-31T07:17:58ZGet the perfect set: Have a teeth makeover
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Bad teeth are to blame for the grim-faced look we wear on the Tube, says a leading orthodontist. Sophie Goodchild meets a man on a mission to rebuild our confidence2009-07-15T08:50:25ZMartin Amis's lovers laid bare
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Ex-girlfriend reveals all in literary kiss-and-tell ... with his blessing2009-06-02T08:49:10ZOur migrants’ great gift to this city - literature
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Arguments over the consequences of immigration are furious and frequent. But it has another, less-noticed, result: it fertilises literature2009-06-02T07:32:54ZHow old is ‘too old’?
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Former WAG Elen Rives thinks she's past it at 34. Nonsense – the best is yet to come, says one fiftysomething writer2009-04-28T08:16:24ZPraise poets and pass the exploding sugar
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"Look," the novelist standing next to the buffet said, pointing down the room at the new winner of the 2008 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. "He's on his third helping." He sniggered. "That's poets for you."2009-04-03T09:54:51ZDeeper meaning surfaces from Caio Fonseca
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Few abstract artists do the weather-beaten surface as well as the 50-year-old Uruguayan-American painter Caio Fonseca.2009-03-27T00:00:00ZTime bandits have hijacked my fridge
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There should be a word — do the Germans have one? I bet the Germans have one — to describe the emotion of just having missed delivery of a fridge2009-01-30T08:52:08ZA very British walk through the world
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It was 250 years ago this month that the British Museum opened its doors2009-01-29T09:15:08ZTributes to Updike, American literature's national treasure
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John Updike is remembered as one of the "greatest generation" of American novelists2009-01-28T10:12:53ZHe gave the mundane 'its beautiful due'
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It is possible for an author simply to write too much. Fluent wasn't the word for John Updike2009-01-28T10:13:44ZThe number two priority for Boris
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2009-01-26T08:28:47ZIf you want money just buy me drink
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Happy birthday to the Colony Room Club which celebrated its 60th anniversary this Monday. I was a proud member of the seedy Soho dive for nigh on 15 years and am saddened by reports of its imminent demise.2008-12-17T08:40:54ZSome inside jobs in Writers' Rooms
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Eamonn McCabe invites us into private worlds in Writers' Rooms where the secrets of creativity, memories of agonies and inspirations are stored.2008-12-04T00:00:00ZThe extraordinary life of London's leading agent
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As the literary world mourns the sudden death of Pat Kavanagh, a portrait is emerging of a steely operator and a woman who inspired awe and fear in equal measure2008-10-22T07:50:06ZTributes pour in for legendary literary agent Pat Kavanagh
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Tributes poured in for Pat Kavanagh, the legendary literary agent and wife of novelist Julian Barnes, who has died from a brain tumour2008-10-21T08:21:11ZThe truth behind the cant of a BBC fat cat
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The BBC is an anomaly. It is funded by a completely arbitrary tax the licence fee. Only 41 per cent of the population still think this is an appropriate funding mechanism. Yet, for now, the licence fee is rigorously imposed nonetheless, as I found when I decided it was pointless to pay it since I didn't switch the TV on from one month to the next, except to watch DVDs.2008-10-17T08:27:02ZLiterary Life
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Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading.2008-10-02T11:56:41ZYet another award - but I still can't read Rushdie
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Good God! What a genius I had when I wrote that book," exclaimed Swift, on rereading his early masterpiece, The Tale of a Tub2008-07-11T08:05:24ZGranta One Hundred
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