Our culture and lifestyle editor looks back at the year’s top pop culture moments.
Tag: Books and Literature
Good Calls
This week, we close out the year with your best advice of 2025.
Closing Arguments
Today, your highly personal, delightfully specific bests of 2025.
Joanna Trollope, Popular British Author, Dies at 82
Her books, many of which were best sellers, often described empty marriages, love affairs (with tasteful sex) and heroic clergymen.
Former King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Seeking Relevance, Publishes Book
King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated and left for exile years ago. Now, his attempted comeback is giving his family a royal headache.
Thomas King, Award-Winning Canadian Author, Says He Is Not Indigenous
Thomas King said he felt “ripped in half” on learning he had no Indigenous ancestry. The Canadian author has dedicated his career to writing about Indigenous people.
Of Books and Men
My colleague, the book critic Dwight Garner, tells us about “Flesh” by David Szalay, this year’s Booker Prize winner.
Of Books and Men
My colleague, the book critic Dwight Garner, tells us about “Flesh” by David Szalay, this year’s Booker Prize winner.
A Quebec Writer Confronts His ‘Little Darkness’ as a Class Defector
Jean-Philippe Pleau’s book and play about moving up socially became a cultural reckoning in Quebec, but created a gulf with his family.
Former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, Details Death of Brother in Memoir
He wrote about the accident that killed his brother nearly 70 years ago. The book also describes his respect for Gen. Francisco Franco, the former dictator.