Under Fire by Humza Yousaf – a deeply affecting story of being stranded in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/23/under-fire-by-humza-yousaf-a-deeply-affecting-story-of-being-stranded-in-gaza #AutobiographyAndMemoir #HumzaYousaf #Gaza #Books #PoliticsBooks #BiographyBooks #Culture #Politics
#autobiographyandmemoir — Public Fediverse posts
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Under Fire by Humza Yousaf – a deeply affecting story of being stranded in Gaza
By Fiona SturgesThe former Scottish first minister writes of his in-laws’ plight and the tragedy of those who weren’t so lucky
#Autobiographyandmemoir #HumzaYousaf #Gaza #Books #Politicsbooks #Biographybooks #Culture #Politics #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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On Another Planet They Can Save Me by Lieke Marsman review – an astonishing memoir of terminal illness https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/21/on-another-planet-they-can-save-me-by-lieke-marsman-review-an-astonishing-memoir-of-terminal-illness #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Culture
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On Another Planet They Can Save Me by Lieke Marsman review – an astonishing memoir of terminal illness
By Edward PosnettPublished four months after her death, the poet’s reflections on mortality are both agonising and profoundly life-affirming
#Autobiographyandmemoir #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #EdwardPosnett
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Standup Jon Richardson on turning his dark teenage diaries into a tearjerking memoir: ‘I couldn’t sugarcoat those years’
By Brian LoganWhile facing grief, illness and a very public breakup, the comic reached for his diaries – and found a happy kid who spiralled into despair. Inspired by a Nobel laureate, he wrote a frank, funny book about that boy and what he grew into
#JonRichardson #Stage #Culture #Books #Autobiographyandmemoir #Comedy #TVcomedy #Television #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #BrianLogan
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Tim Jeal obituary
By Justin MarozziBiographer who altered perceptions of Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone, Robert Baden-Powell and other figures active in Africa
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/15/tim-jeal-obituary
#Biographybooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #Fiction #Books #Africa #TheGuardian #JustinMarozzi
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The Steps by Sylvester Stallone review – the inside story of Rocky https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/14/the-steps-by-sylvester-stallone-review-the-inside-story-of-rocky #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Culture #SylvesterStallone
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The Steps by Sylvester Stallone review – the inside story of Rocky
By Xan BrooksThe star takes us back to 70s New York to recount his breakthrough, and it’s a great yarn – but it’s laced with anger
#Autobiographyandmemoir #Books #Culture #SylvesterStallone #TheGuardian #XanBrooks
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Mao’s Last Dancer Li Cunxin on his long-awaited follow-up: ‘I don’t think my publisher expected it to take 14 years!’
By Tim ByrneAs The Lucky Son picks up where Cunxin’s 2003 memoir left off, the renowned Chinese Australian ballet dancer reflects on sacrifices made by his wife, his years at a stockbroker, and his success leading the Queensland Ballet
#Australianbooks #Ballet #Autobiographyandmemoir #Culture #Books #Dance #Stage #China #Queensland #Australianews #TheGuardian #TimByrne
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The Queerest of Folk by Russell T Davies review – the groundbreaking screenwriter tells it like it is
By Rebecca NicholsonFrom Coronation Street to It’s a Sin, Davies’ memoir of a career in TV is also a rallying cry for creativity
#Autobiographyandmemoir #Books #Culture #RussellTDavies #TheGuardian #RebeccaNicholson
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Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a dryly funny memoir
By Fiona SturgesThe Handmaid’s Tale author reflects on her loves, losses and literary achievements in a memoir that showcases her wisdom and wit
#MargaretAtwood #Autobiographyandmemoir #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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Sleeping Beauties by David Byrne review – a quirky journey through the afterlife of invention
By Sukhdev SandhuThe Talking Heads frontman considers the dormant ideas that made a comeback – from Indian irrigation to Kafka
#DavidByrne #Books #TalkingHeads #Autobiographyandmemoir #Environment #Art #Artanddesignbooks #TheGuardian #SukhdevSandhu
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Best Australian books out in October: Magda Szubanski, delicious recipes and a picture book ‘masterpiece’
By Tim Byrne, Steph Harmon, Sian Cain, Yvonne C Lam, Paul Daley, Imogen Dewey and Susan CheneryEach month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/oct/05/australia-best-books-october-2026
#Australianbooks #Books #Fiction #Culture #Historybooks #Foodanddrinkbooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #Healthmindandbodybooks #Poetry #Childrenandteenagers #Biographybooks #TheGuardian #TimByrne #StephHarmon #SianCain #YvonneCLam #PaulDaley #ImogenDewey #SusanChenery
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Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestseller London Falling shortlisted for Baillie Gifford prize
By Emma LoffhagenThe acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthew Sweet
#Books #BaillieGiffordprizefornonfiction #Culture #JamesBaldwin #Historybooks #Biographybooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #TheGuardian #EmmaLoffhagen
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I Can’t Tell You But I Will by Magda Szubanski review – an insightful, elegant, anti-celebrity memoir
By Tim ByrneSzubanski’s latest book delves into both her mother’s decline, and her triumphant fight for marriage equality
#MagdaSzubanski #Autobiographyandmemoir #Culture #Celebrity #Books #Australianbooks #Marriageequality #Samesexmarriagepostalsurvey #TheGuardian #TimByrne
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I was focused on becoming the first Aboriginal tennis champion. Then one remark changed something in me
By Evonne Goolagong CawleyAs a teenager in Sydney, the would-be Wimbledon champion was working towards a singular goal when an act of racism shattered her naivety
#Australianbooks #Tennis #Race #IndigenousAustralians #Australiasport #Australianews #Sydney #Books #Autobiographyandmemoir #TheGuardian #EvonneGoolagongCawley
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Always a joker: Magda Szubanski reveals Heath Ledger asked to play her stalker on Kath and Kim
By Sian CainIn her new memoir, I Can’t Tell You But I Will, Szubanski recalls how Ledger enjoyed their improvised kiss so much that he asked to be on the sitcom
#MagdaSzubanski #HeathLedger #Culture #Film #TVcomedy #Comedy #Autobiographyandmemoir #TheGuardian #SianCain
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Always a joker: Magda Szubanski reveals Heath Ledger asked to play her stalker on Kath and Kim https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/26/magda-szubanski-memoir-reveals-heath-ledger-kiss-kath-and-kim-stalker-role #MagdaSzubanski #HeathLedger #Culture #Film #TvComedy #Comedy #AutobiographyAndMemoir
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Can’t Get You Out of My Head by Michael Cragg review – what’s the secret of Kylie’s genius?
By Jack ParlettThe pop star emerges as a great unifier in this in-depth yet heartfelt portrait of an Aussie icon
#Popandrock #Books #KylieMinogue #Music #Musicbooks #Biographybooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #Culture #TheGuardian #JackParlett
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‘And you will be the People’s Earl’ – Charles Spencer’s Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, digested by John Crace
By John CraceThe earl on his globally lauded eulogy for Diana, King Charles’s sausage fingers and toxic Raine, topped off with a lavish sprinkling of adverbs
#DianaPrincessofWales #Books #KingCharlesIII #Culture #Monarchy #UKnews #PrinceWilliam #PrinceHarry #Aristocracy #Autobiographyandmemoir #Biographybooks #TheGuardian #JohnCrace
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Swan Song by Charles Spencer review – a furious exercise in score-settling by Diana’s brother https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/22/swan-song-charles-spencer-review-diana-princess-of-wales-brother-earl #AutobiographyAndMemoir #DianaPrincessOfWales #Books #UkNews #Culture #KingCharlesIii
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Swan Song by Charles Spencer review – a furious exercise in score-settling by Diana’s brother
By Emma BrockesAmid genuinely touching passages about his sister, the earl can’t help but put himself and his grievances centre stage
#Autobiographyandmemoir #DianaPrincessofWales #Books #UKnews #Culture #KingCharlesIII #TheGuardian #EmmaBrockes
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Diana book sparks royal row between King Charles and Earl Spencer - The Latest
By Presented by Lucy Hough with Aaron Sharp; produced by Angus Nealeand Bryony Moore; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin; executive producer Zoe HitchBuckingham Palace has issued a rare, and strong, rebuttal to claims made in Earl Spencer’s memoir Swan Song. The book claims that Charles told Spencer days after Diana’s death and during a heated row over funeral arrangements: ‘Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough.’ Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior national news editor, Aaron Sharp
#DianaPrincessofWales #Monarchy #UKnews #KingCharlesIII #Autobiographyandmemoir #TheGuardian #PresentedbyLucyHoughwithAaronSharp #producedbyAngusNealeandBryonyMoore #seniorproducerRyanRamgobin #executiveproducerZoeHitch
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No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil review – a searing account of political imprisonment https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/18/no-land-to-stand-on-by-mahmoud-khalil-review-a-searing-account-of-political-imprisonment #AutobiographyAndMemoir #MahmoudKhalil #Books #PoliticsBooks #Culture
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No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil review – a searing account of political imprisonment
By Houman BarekatThe Palestinian Columbia student snatched by ICE writes about his Kafkaesque ordeal with a quiet fury
#Autobiographyandmemoir #MahmoudKhalil #Books #Politicsbooks #Culture #TheGuardian #HoumanBarekat
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Charles sounded 'giddily elated' after Diana’s death, claims Earl Spencer
By Caroline DaviesIn latest extracts from upcoming memoir, Diana’s brother suggests some in Buckingham Palace were ‘relieved’ at her death
#Monarchy #KingCharlesIII #DianaPrincessofWales #PrinceHarry #Autobiographyandmemoir #BuckinghamPalace #Books #UKnews #DailyMail #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies
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Charles sounded ‘giddily elated‘ after Diana’s death, claims Earl Spencer https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/17/charles-giddily-elated-dianas-death-earl-spencer-book #Monarchy #KingCharlesIii #DianaPrincessOfWales #PrinceHarry #AutobiographyAndMemoir #BuckinghamPalace #Books #UkNews #DailyMail
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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/16/annie-dillard-author-pulitzer-prize-dies #Books #Culture #Virginia #Massachusetts #UsNews #AutobiographyAndMemoir
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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81
By Marina DunbarPilgrim at Tinker Creek, published when Dillard was 28, skyrocketed her to become one of the most prominent nonfiction writers of her generation
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/16/annie-dillard-author-pulitzer-prize-dies
#Books #Culture #Virginia #Massachusetts #USnews #Autobiographyandmemoir #TheGuardian #MarinaDunbar
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‘The president doesn’t want you here any more’: Anthony Scaramucci on what really happened during the 11 days he worked in the White House
By Anthony ScaramucciSacked after less than two weeks as Donald Trump’s communications director, the financier and podcaster reflects on the mistakes he made in an exclusive extract from his new book
#AnthonyScaramucci #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USpolitics #USnews #Autobiographyandmemoir #Politicsbooks #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #AnthonyScaramucci
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‘I could get laid every night of the week!’: punk icon Legs McNeil on booze, benders and dating Sinéad O’Connor
By Jim FarberAs he releases a tell-all book, the Punk magazine founder and self-described ‘fuck-up’ holds forth on 1970s excess, the American roots of punk and why the Beatles are ‘stupid’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/12/legs-mcneil-tell-all-review
#Punk #Music #Autobiographyandmemoir #Biographybooks #Books #Culture #TheRamones #Television #TheGuardian #JimFarber
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An Unexpected Life by Gloria Steinem review – a fitting tribute to a feminist icon
By Emma BrockesThe activist’s memoir, due to be published this month, now stands as a posthumous testament to her remarkable life
#Autobiographyandmemoir #Books #Culture #GloriaSteinem #TheGuardian #EmmaBrockes
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Chasing Freedom: a poignant reflection on empire, education and parental expectations
By Nesrine MalikSimukai Chigudu’s filmic memoir details the confines and conflicts of growing up in Zimbabwe during political turmoil.
#Books #Culture #Zimbabwe #Autobiographyandmemoir #Colonialism #Africa #Worldnews #TheGuardian #NesrineMalik
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Unsayable by Michael Cunningham review – The Hours author on the insecurities that powered his creative life https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/24/unsayable-by-michael-cunningham-review-the-hours-author-on-the-insecurities-that-powered-his-creative-life #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #MichaelCunningham #Culture #TheHours
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A grief therapist told me I should live to honor my son. How would I do that? https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jul/23/matthew-schnipper-rise-above-grief #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #ParentsAndParenting #Family #Culture #Children #DeathAndDying #LifeAndStyle #BillCallahan #Music
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Bub – living an artist’s dreams and dreads in New York https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/21/bub-autobiographical-game-new-york-artist #Games #Art #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Pc #MultipleSclerosis
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The best books to read in July: new paperbacks from Andrew O’Hagan, Miriam Toews and Oyinkan Braithwaite
By Guardian StaffLooking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from the gripping story of an international murder case to a state-of-the-nation yarn
#Books #Culture #Paperbacks #OyinkanBraithwaite #Fiction #Biographybooks #Truecrimebooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #Essays #Thrillers #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Lindsey Graham autobiography sheds light on record on race https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/lindsey-graham-south-carolina-autobiography #SouthCarolina #UsNews #WorldNews #Republicans #Books #AutobiographyAndMemoir
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Lindsey Graham autobiography sheds light on record on race
By Marilyn W ThompsonMemoir details upbringing of late senator – who denied existence of systemic racism – in segregated south
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/14/lindsey-graham-south-carolina-autobiography
#SouthCarolina #USnews #Worldnews #Republicans #Books #Autobiographyandmemoir #TheGuardian #MarilynWThompson
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Transcendent by Laverne Cox review – success against the odds
By Fiona SturgesThe actor and activist tells the story of her brutal childhood in the deep south with eloquence and defiance
#Autobiographyandmemoir #Books #Transgender #Culture #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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Marjane Satrapi captured profound human emotions – and paved the way for a generation https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/05/marjane-satrapi-death-graphic-novelist-paved-way-for-a-generation #MarjaneSatrapi #ComicsAndGraphicNovels #Books #Culture #Iran #France #AutobiographyAndMemoir
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Whisper it: becoming a mum can make you a more productive writer | Tania Roettger https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/28/becoming-parent-more-productive-writer-child #ParentsAndParenting #Children #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Fiction #Culture #WomensHealth
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AI has cut my pay as a memoir writer in half | Letter
Using a large language model instead of me to write and then getting me to edit the result is a cynical way for my employer to cut my fee in half, says a freelance writer In response to your article ( ‘Being human helps’: despite rise of AI is there still hope for Europe’s translators?, 8 May ), I work freelance for a company that produces memoirs for its customers. I used to interview, then write. Now, I interview, a large language model writes, and I am paid half of my previous fee to edit the result. It takes as long to edit the AI-generated text as it used to take me to write the memoir. There are several reasons for this. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/12/ai-has-cut-my-pay-as-a-memoir-writer-in-half#Autobiographyandmemoir #AIartificialintelligence #Publishing #Books #Culture
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Buyers of Liza Minnelli memoir claim it was not signed by hand https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/12/liza-minnelli-memoir-signed-by-hand-signatures-autopen #LizaMinnelli #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Culture #UkNews #UsNews #Music #WorldNews #ConsumerAffairs #Money
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Feminism play Liberation and first world war novel Angel Down among Pulitzer winners https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/04/pulitzer-winners #PulitzerPrize #Stage #UsTheater #Fiction #Poetry #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Music #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #UsNews
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Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/famesick-by-lena-dunham-review-when-celebrity-causes-side-effects #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Books #Culture #BiographyBooks #Girls #Television
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Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt review – life after Paul Auster https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/21/ghost-stories-by-siri-hustvedt-review-life-after-paul-auster #AutobiographyAndMemoir #SiriHustvedt #PaulAuster #BiographyBooks #Books #Culture
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Fainting in front of Michael Jackson and feuding with Monica: inside Brandy’s jaw-dropping memoir https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/31/brandy-phases-memoir-revelations-whitney-houston-michael-jackson-wanya-morris-boyz-ii-men #AutobiographyAndMemoir #Rb #Books #Music #Culture #WhitneyHouston
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Country star Ty Herndon: ‘The drugs could be forgiven. Being gay definitely could not’ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/26/ty-herndon-country-music-memoir #Country #AutobiographyAndMemoir #LgbtqRights #Music #Culture #Books #BiographyBooks #WorldNews
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London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/london-book-fair-roundup-idris-elbas-thriller-deal-the-rise-of-romcom-and-fights-against-censorship #LondonBookFair #Publishing #Books #Culture #UkNews #Fiction #AutobiographyAndMemoir #ChildrenAndTeenagers #FantasyBooks #RomanceBooks #Censorship #DeiPolicies #IdrisElba
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Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu review – a powerful memoir of postcolonial unease https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/04/chasing-freedom-by-simukai-chigudu-review-a-powerful-memoir-of-postcolonial-unease #AutobiographyAndMemoir #PoliticsBooks #Books #HistoryBooks #Culture
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Christina Applegate on how MS made her an ‘honesty missile’: ‘I won’t lie and say any of this is a blessing’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/01/christina-applegate-ms-diagnosis-memoir-autobiography #AutobiographyAndMemoir #MultipleSclerosis #Society #Film #Culture #Books #Friends
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‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/28/how-dna-test-changed-my-life-ivf-family #Family #ParentsAndParenting #Genealogy #LifeAndStyle #FertilityProblems #Ivf #Health #Society #Genetics #Biology #Science #AutobiographyAndMemoir #BiographyBooks #Books #Culture
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‘Trump’s not enough. And he knows he’s not enough’: California governor Gavin Newsom on populism, ‘purity tests’ and whether he’ll run for the presidency https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/gavin-newsom-california-governor-democrats-us-presidency-politics-trump #GavinNewsom #Democrats #California #WestCoast #DonaldTrump #Republicans #UsNews #UsPolitics #WorldNews #AutobiographyAndMemoir #BiographyBooks #Books #Culture
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‘I could see myself stepping into that void’: Gavin Newsom on fighting Trump and running in 2028 – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/feb/28/i-could-see-myself-stepping-into-that-void-gavin-newsom-on-fighting-trump-and-running-in-2028-podcast #GavinNewsom #Democrats #UsPolitics #California #DonaldTrump #UsNews #WestCoast #WorldNews #Books #AutobiographyAndMemoir #BiographyBooks #Culture
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If holding a grudge is wrong, why does it feel so right? Just ask Margaret Atwood | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/16/margaret-atwood-grudge-therapy-memoir #Autobiographyandmemoir #MargaretAtwood #Biographybooks #Mentalhealth #Culture #Society #Health #Books
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Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/20/nobodys-girl-by-virginia-roberts-giuffre-review-a-devastating-expose-of-power-corruption-and-abuse #Autobiographyandmemoir #JeffreyEpstein #Biographybooks #PrinceAndrew #Culture #Books
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The Beijing courier who went viral: how Hu Anyan wrote about delivering parcels – and became a bestseller https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/oct/20/the-beijing-courier-who-went-viral-how-hu-anyan-wrote-about-delivering-parcels-and-became-a-bestseller #Autobiographyandmemoir #Workers'rights #Biographybooks #Work&careers #Lifeandstyle #AsiaPacific #Gigeconomy #Culture #China #Books #Money
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Melissa Leong: ‘Life is not easy. Life is ugly and hard and unpredictable’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/30/melissa-leong-interview-life-not-easy-life-ugly-hard-unpredictable #Australianfoodanddrink #Autobiographyandmemoir #Australianlifestyle #MasterChefAustralia #Australianbooks #Lifeandstyle #Mentalhealth #Depression #RealityTV #Anxiety #Fitness #Health #Books #Food