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I’m a senior staff editor on The Times’s Culture desk in London. Here are five things I’ve been watching, reading and listening to.I’m a senior…

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The actors Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams bring a compelling chemistry to the screen as opposites who fall for each other.The actors Michael B.…

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The Spanish director finally confronts the legacy of his country’s political violence in his new film, starring Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit.The Spanish director finally…

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Each year, the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, commissions an original song for its Christmas service, giving the composer an audience of around 100 million…

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Ms. Didion was a prolific writer of stylish essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs. Here is an overview of some of her works, as reviewed in…

View More A Guide to Joan Didion’s Books

The author of “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” “The White Album” and “Play It as It Lays” was a prolific writer for The Times.The author of “Slouching…

View More Beyond the Books: Joan Didion’s Essays, Profiles and Criticism

His “Life’s Little Instruction Book,” which counseled “take someone bowling” and “believe in love at first sight,” has sold over seven million copies.His “Life’s Little…

View More H. Jackson Brown Jr., Best-Selling Giver of Fatherly Advice, Dies at 81

The generation-defining essayist and novelist was preoccupied with mythos — and gifted at fashioning her own.The generation-defining essayist and novelist was preoccupied with mythos —…

View More Joan Didion Chronicled American Disorder With Her Own Unmistakable Style