88 m. ago ‘I dealt with everyone at a distance’: what do Joan Didion’s therapy diaries reveal about guilt, motherhood and writing?

The writer’s previously unpublished notes from her sessions with a psychiatrist offer an incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression and creativityLast month, the New York Public Library opened the doors on one of its most thrilling acquisitions of recent times: the archive of Joan Didion and her husband and collaborator John Gregory Dunne. After two years of preparation, both scholars and anyone with a library card can arrange a visit to pore over the material contained in a total of 336 boxes of correspondence, photographs and screenplays from the couple’s joint projects, which included the 1976 version of A Star Is Born and the film that in 1971 provided Al Pacino with his first leading role, The Panic in Needle Park.Alongside material evidence of two long writing careers, there is much that is deeply personal: paperwork recording the naming of orchids in honour of Didion, Dunne and their adopted daughter Quintana, the couple’s only child;...

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88 m. ago In the Rhododendrons by Heather Christle review – back to the mother land

A poet’s memoir of family, trauma, and Virginia Woolf pulses with feeling and intelligenceLike most kids, Heather Christle was drilled about “stranger danger”. Like some, she had a family codeword designed to show that an adult picking them up from school when her mother was busy could be trusted. But, in her American home town in the 1980s, no other kid’s word was a bygone British sweet. And so “Dolly Mixture” joins the growing list of things learned from her English mother that Christle, looking back, finds out of place. Things such as dining etiquette, cardigans, M&S outfits, margarine. But also bigger stuff: beliefs and behaviours. Assumptions. Silence. Shame.With her mother in her 70s and their relationship strained, Christle, a poet and academic, embarks on a quest for new understanding – of her mother, of “Englishness”, and of herself. In a memoir that pulses with feeling and intelligence, she excavates the past to expose difficult truths. As she proved with her acclaimed...

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1 hour ago Man City XI vs Everton: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Premier League today

Pep Guardiola without a number of key stars for final Goodison Park trip

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2 h. ago ‘It will be beautiful to see our kids grow up with this’: how communities around the world are planting trees

City residents are working out how to fill their streets with trees as evidence grows of their benefits“I wanted to do something that would benefit as many people from the community as possible,” says Chloe Straw, pointing at a small but promising sapling visible through the window of her local cafe.In 2023, Chloe began chatting to her neighbours in Haringey, north London, about trees. “I thought it’d be really nice to raise some money for trees on the main road. Everyone uses West Green Road, regardless of whether you have a lot of money or not, regardless of your background.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Boy, 14, crushed to death in horror farming tragedy as mum says he was 'working too hard'

Harry Moss, 14, was crushed to death by farming machinery at Hillview Arena near Blackmore Park Road, in Malvern, Worcestershire - Now, his mum has shared her feelings

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3 h. ago Grassroots football team with gay coach subjected to horror chants from young fans

We found homophobic abuse at games for kids as young as nine among 70 serious cases investigated by the FA - it comes as part of a shocking Mirror investigation into grassroots football

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4 h. ago Divorced parents risk being turned away at the airport without these documents

If you're thinking of jetting off for a few days over Easter with the kids, there are certain requirements you must adhere to or you could risk a serious child abduction offence

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4 h. ago Inside incredible European theme park 'better than Disneyland' with tiny queues

PortAventura in Spain is a fraction of the size of Disneyland Paris, but welcomes five million guests a year who say it's the best theme park they have been to

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4 h. ago Airdrie v Morton: Diamonds captain hopes win can set up Pars blockbuster

Adam Frizzell says Airdrie are fully-focused on Morton, but know they have a potentially huge clash looming at East End Park

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5 h. ago Universal Epic Universe is the theme park resort's biggest bang yet in Florida

From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros

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8 h. ago Hue are you kidding? Scientists claim to have discovered a new colour never seen by humans

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, say that by stimulating individual cells in the retina that the laser pushed their perception beyond its natural limits.

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9 h. ago Everton vs Man City prediction: Premier League betting preview, odds and tips

Man City will be looking to return to the top four as they sit two points behind Nottingham Forest as Pep Guardiola's side prepare to face Everton at Goodison Park for the last time

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11 h. ago Tropical drinks by the pool? Not so fast, says senator who visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

There was the pool furniture in the background

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11 h. ago Pep Guardiola fears targets will go elsewhere if Man City miss Champions League

The goal this term is to earn a place back at European football’s top table.

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14 h. ago Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer

A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F

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16 h. ago KISSTORY stars Marvin Humes and Tyler West sign up for epic NAO summer lineup

This summer, the sun-soaked shores of Marbella will once again play home to the UK’s most beloved old-skool & anthems event as KISSTORY returns to the stunning Nao Pool Club

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17 h. ago Danny Dyer and daughter Dani surprise locals as they film new caravan park show

Danny Dyer and his daughter, Dani, were spotted filming for their upcoming series, The Dyers' Caravan Park, which will follow their investment in a rundown holiday site

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18 h. ago Boredom strikes just 43 minutes into a family road trip, according to research

A poll of 1,500 regular road-tripping parents of kids under 16 found 52 per cent are planning on taking a long trip of more than 150 miles in their car this Easter weekend.

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18 h. ago Parents of kids with food allergies should know these eight things that can save lives

Having a child with severe allergies can feel overwhelming, but there are things you can do to ease this anxiety.

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18 h. ago The Apprentice 2025 winner Dean Franklin's kids 'in tears' over emotional victory

Dean Franklin partied to celebrate winning The Apprentice and being told 'you're hired' and his wife and kids have shared their pride for him after his win

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