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2 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Sophie Elmhirst |Andrew McGregor |Hattie Moir |Nicola Alexandrou |Ellie Bury
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: Gary Hersham has been selling houses to the very rich for decades. At first, £1m was a big deal. Now he sells for £50m, £100m, even £200m. What does it take to stay on top in this cut-throat business?
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Sophie Elmhirst |Jessica Beck |Nicola Alexandrou |Ellie Bury
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2022: Five million payphone calls are still made each year in the UK. Who is making them – and why?
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Sophie Elmhirst |Nicola Alexandrou |Ellie Bury
Over 50 years, she has become one of the most revered writers in Australia. Is she finally going to get worldwide recognition?
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Sophie Elmhirst
‘Her great foe is pomposity’ … Helen Garner at home in Melbourne. Photograph: Charlie Kinross/The GuardianIn early January, the Australian author Helen Garner decided to cut back an unruly bush in her garden. Garner lives in a Melbourne suburb in the adjoining house to her daughter, son-in-law, three grandchildren, some chickens and a dog. The family were away at the beach for the holidays and Garner found herself alone, in an off-kilter frame of mind.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
waterstones.com | Anna Orhanen |Adam S. Leslie |Colin Barrett |Sophie Elmhirst
Posted on 21st January 2025 by Anna Orhanen Recognising great writers in the UK and Ireland, the Nero Book Awards ranges across fiction, debut fiction, non-fiction and children’s fiction categories.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
womanandhome.com | Caitlin Elliott |Sophie Elmhirst |Colin Barrett
The winners of the Nero Book Awards 2024 have been announced - and the Fiction novel crowned the favourite is a thrilling take on 'modern folklore horror' that our Books Editor was left hypnotised by. With the winners of the Nero Book Awards having been chosen, four books have been crowned as the Best Fiction, Best Non-Fiction, Best Debut Fiction and Best Children’s Fiction books of the year from the UK and Ireland.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
inkl.com | Sophie Elmhirst |Colin Barrett
Nero Book Award Winners 2024. The winners of the Nero Book Awards 2024 have been announced - and the Fiction novel crowned the favourite is a thrilling take on 'modern folklore horror' that our Books Editor was left hypnotised by. With the winners of the Nero Book Awards having been chosen, four books have been crowned as the Best Fiction, Best Non-Fiction, Best Debut Fiction and Best Children’s Fiction books of the year from the UK and Ireland.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Sophie Elmhirst
As the Long Read turns 10 we are raiding the archives to bring you a favourite piece from each year since 2014, with new introductions from the authors. This week from 2021: Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia. It didn’t work out. By Sophie Elmhirst
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
newyorker.com | Sophie Elmhirst
On a Saturday afternoon in early July, the clouds blackened above Hampton Court Palace, southwest of London. Crowds gathering for the Royal Horticultural Society’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival on the sprawling palace grounds reached into backpacks for umbrellas with the resigned look of people attending a supremely English occasion designed to be held in sunshine. We go on being surprised by the weather in England, though it has never given us cause for hope.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Sophie Elmhirst |David Sibley
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