Why this French free speech firebrand is Jeremy Clarkson’s favourite author
The television presenter-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson may seem an unlikely aficionado of serious literature, given that the ...
Dorothy Allison, Author of ‘Bastard Out of Carolina,’ Dies at 75
She wrote lovingly and often hilariously about her harrowing childhood in a working-class Southern family, as well as about the violence and incest she suffered.
How real is the Firebrand ending between Catherine Parr and Henry VIII?
Based on the 2013 book, Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle, it marks Ainouz’s English language directorial debut. Set in ...
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Nawal El Saadawi: Feminist firebrand who dared to write dangerously
In her book, The Hidden Face of Eve, she described undergoing the agonising procedure on the bathroom floor, as her mother stood alongside. FGM: What is female genital mutilation? Egyptian father ...