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Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/21/stephen-sondheim-by-daniel-okrent-review-a-superb-biography-of-the-musical-master #BiographyBooks #StephenSondheim #Books #Culture #Stage
Stephen Sondheim by Daniel Okrent review – a superb biography of the musical master

Packed with gossip and incident, this book is also a fascinating study in the gestation of genius

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 27
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
Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects

The Girls creator has endured brickbats and breakdowns – but she doesn’t always make it easy to feel sorry for her

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 21
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
Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt review – life after Paul Auster

What’s it like to lose your partner of more than 40 years? The novelist and essayist reflects on going from ‘we’ to ‘I’

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World news | The GuardianApr 18
Queen Elizabeth II’s official biographer named as historian Anna Keay https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/19/queen-elizabeth-ii-official-biographer-anna-keay #QueenElizabethIi #UkNews #Monarchy #BiographyBooks
Queen Elizabeth II’s official biographer named as historian Anna Keay

The author, who will interview members of royal family for book, says being chosen for role is a ‘profound honour’

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 1
JD Vance announces a new memoir about his conversion to Catholicism https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/01/jd-vance-new-memoir-book-catholicism-communion #Books #JdVance #Culture #BiographyBooks #Religion
JD Vance announces a new memoir about his conversion to Catholicism

The vice-president’s follow-up to Hillbilly Elegy is announced as speculation builds over a 2028 run to succeed Trump

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 26
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
Country star Ty Herndon: ‘The drugs could be forgiven. Being gay definitely could not’

In an honest new memoir, the musician opens up about being closeted in country, sexual assault and finding love in his 60s

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Technology | The Guardian USMar 16
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/the-infinity-machine-by-sebastian-mallaby-review-the-story-of-the-man-who-changed-the-world #BiographyBooks #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Culture #Technology
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world

A journalist charts the progress of AI pioneer Demis Hassabis from child chess prodigy to Nobel prize winner

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Science | The GuardianFeb 28
‘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
‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down

When I found out my father had been adopted, I was curious to know more about his side of the family. Nothing could have prepared me for what I would discover …

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US news | The GuardianFeb 28
‘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
‘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

He’s the Democratic politician with movie-star looks and a picture-perfect family, dogged by accusations of being a smooth‑talking elitist. Can he really unite the American left and win the most powerful office in the world?

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World news | The GuardianFeb 28
‘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
‘I could see myself stepping into that void’: Gavin Newsom on fighting Trump and running in 2028 – podcast

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the California governor, Gavin Newsom, about why he thinks the Democratics lost so decisively to Donald Trump in 2024, why the party need to be less judgmental, and whether he intends to run for president in 2028

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