Now playing Next Culture news Rebel Wilson memoir censored in the UK - but mentions Royal orgies Rebel Wilson's book, published in its entirety in the US, has been censored in the UK, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, due to a chapter on Sacha Baron Cohen. 25/04/2024
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Now playing Next Culture news UNESCO World Book Day: The books that made us For UNESCO World Book Day, the Euronews Culture team shares the books that made them - as well as their reading recommendations. 23/04/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford turns 100 Despite its vintage, Ford Madox Ford’s bewildering, beguiling beast of a novel deserves all the readers it can get when it turns 100 this April. 18/04/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Former UK PM Liz Truss says she knows how to save the West in new book Will the former Prime Minister’s latest offering fly off the shelves in great enough volumes to revive the economy she crashed? Or is it enough to save the Western world as she boasts? We’re not so sure. 16/04/2024
Now playing Next Culture news ‘So it’s you. Here you are.’ Salman Rushdie on his reaction to attack Salman Rushdie’s memoir “Knife,” about the attack that almost claimed his life, comes out on Tuesday. He described feeling death had finally come for him: “So it’s you. Here you are.” 15/04/2024
Now playing Next Culture news International Booker Prize 2024: Shortlist announced Six books spanning six languages, six countries and three continents contend for this year's biggest international language literary award. 09/04/2024
Now playing Next Art Total eclipse of the art: Why the disappearing sun captivates artists The upcoming 8 April total solar eclipse, which for a few minutes will appear to many North Americans to have extinguished the sun, is already casting a wide shadow. 07/04/2024
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Now playing Next Culture news Oh deer: Why is there now a 'Bambi' horror movie? This cinematic trend needs to stop... But it won’t. 05/04/2024
Now playing Next Food and Drink Rare 400-year-old chocolate book heads to auction in Portugal Deemed the oldest book dedicated entirely to chocolate,"Un Discurso del Chocolate" is going under the hammer in Portugal at a starting price of €2000. 04/04/2024
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Now playing Next Culture news Nick Cave addresses cancel culture’s 'lack of mercy' “There’s a lack of mercy, a lack of forgiveness,” said Nick Cave in a recent interview, referring to the act of shutting down and cancelling people in today's culture. 01/04/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Former US presidents' favourite books (that they've definitely read) Donald Trump is now selling Bibles. No, this isn't a joke. He says it's his favourite book. (Make of that what you will.) To steer back towards a sense of sanity, here are the favourite books of former US presidents - the ones that have actually cracked a book. 28/03/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Which celeb is allegedly threatening Rebel Wilson over tell-all book? Rebel Wilson's book, "Rebel Rising" comes out next month - in which she names and shames a highly regarded British comedian, who is allegedly threatening her. 25/03/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Gabriel García Márquez: Is it wise to go against a dead man's wishes? Gabriel García Márquez's unfinished novel was published by his sons against the Nobel laureate's wishes. 13/03/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Al Pacino announces release of 'astonishingly revelatory' memoir Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino has announced the release of an "astonishingly revelatory" memoir ‘Sonny Boy’ after his rather anticlimactic performance at this year's Oscars. 12/03/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Oscars 2024: Your literary guide to this year’s Best Picture nominees It's a good year for literary adaptations in the Best Picture category. But how do the books differ from the films, and which of the source material or the adaptation work better? 09/03/2024