#fionasturges — Public Fediverse posts
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New Cemetery by Simon Armitage audiobook review – the poet laureate’s meditations take flight
By Fiona SturgesThe building of a cemetery during the pandemic inspires the Huddersfield-born author to reflect on childhood memories and the changing local landscape
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The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout audiobook review – brilliant portrait of an existential crisis
By Fiona SturgesA teacher’s private anxieties are subtly combined with political events in this Booker-listed tale set in coastal Massachusetts
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All of Us Atoms by Holly Dawson audiobook review – an extraordinary self-portrait
By Fiona SturgesHelena Bonham Carter narrates the playwright’s impressionistic memoir, written as she was experiencing the loss of her memory
#Books #Culture #Autobiographyandmemoir #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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Thirst by John Robins audiobook review – an ex-drinker’s darkly funny journey
By Fiona SturgesThe comedian and broadcaster narrates the heartfelt and at times self-lacerating account of his relationship with alcohol
#Books #Culture #Alcoholism #Alcohol #Health #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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‘Change is happening! I can cut off my hair and misbehave’: Vicky Krieps on rage, rebellion, and rejecting Hollywood
By Fiona SturgesAfter her star turn in Phantom Thread, everyone expected a move to Tinseltown – but the actor embraced indie European films instead. It’s because of a lifelong instinct to be bold, she says
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Helm by Sarah Hall audiobook review – a breath of fresh air from the Pennines
By Fiona SturgesLouise Brealey teases out the playful and poetic moments of these shapeshifting stories, told from the perspective of the northeasterly wind and those it has wreaked chaos on through the ages
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The Midnight Train by Matt Haig audiobook review – a cosy, feelgood journey
By Fiona SturgesActor James Norton brings a sense of gentle longing to this tale of an octogenarian looking back on the life he’s departed
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My advice to Claudia Winkleman: it’s not you, it’s the giant sofa –try a different kind of chatshow | Fiona Sturges
By Fiona SturgesThe popular presenter is by no means the first to have come a cropper hosting a talkshow. But new formats provide new opportunities
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/22/claudia-winkleman-chatshow-format
#ClaudiaWinkleman #Televisionradio #Culture #UKnews #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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These Wild English by Nicola Wilding review – explaining a mother’s drift to the far right
By Fiona SturgesA documentary-maker probes family history and the darker corners of the internet to solve an urgent political puzzle
#Politicsbooks #Thefarright #Books #Culture #Societybooks #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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Grief Is the Thing With Feathers by Max Porter review – a bravura rendering of bereavement
By Fiona SturgesActor Russell Tovey’s narration crackles with compassion and menace in this magical story of a widower and his young sons in mourning
#Audiobooks #Books #Culture #Fiction #MaxPorter #TheGuardian #FionaSturges
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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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In an age of shallow celebrity interviews, a tribute to Michael Parkinson – master of the form
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/17/michael-parkinson-celebrity-tv-interviews?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#MichaelParkinson
#FionaSturges