Dua Lipa‘s June pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Having Spent Life Seeking‘ by Kae Tempest.
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Dua Lipa‘s June pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Having Spent Life Seeking‘ by Kae Tempest.
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Dua Lipa talks to Claire Keegan about her short novel, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men, as part of the Service 95 book club.
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Dua Lipa‘s May pick for her Service95 book club is ‘So Late in the Day‘ by Claire Keegan. After an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently. All evening, with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company, thoughts of this woman and others intrude – and the true significance of this particular date is revealed. Dua said she reads the book as “a kind of parable about lazy misogyny. It’s a lesson in what you risk losing if you can’t bring yourself to change.”
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Dua Lipa talks to Jez Butterworth about his play, Jerusalem, as part of the Service 95 book club.
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Dua Lipa‘s April pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Jerusalem‘ by Jez Butterworth. Dua first read this play at 15 while studying for her English GCSEs. She said: “What I love most about Jerusalem, and why I’ve chosen it as our first play, is how alive it is on the page as well as the stage. One moment you’re deep in English folklore: giants, fairies, ancient drums. The next, someone is arguing about Girls Aloud. It is funny, it is tragic and it is the best possible reminder that reading plays is not only for school.”
Dua Lipa has been announced as this year’s London Literature Festival curator. The festival will take place at the Southbank Centre from 21 October to 1 November.
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Dua Lipa talks to Roxane Gay about her book, Bad Feminist, as part of the Service 95 book club.
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Dua Lipa‘s March pick for her Service95 book club is ‘Bad Feminist‘ by Roxane Gay. Dua said: “This book feels like a conversation with your smartest, funniest, wisest friend. If you’re wondering how it’s possible to be a feminist to your core at the same time as loving lyrically problematic songs, reality TV and the occasional questionable romcom, congratulations, you are exactly the kind of “bad feminist” Roxane Gay is talking about.”
Dua Lipa talks to Jean-Baptiste Del Amo about his novel, The Son of Man, as part of the Service 95 book club.
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Dua Lipa has taken on a new role as agony aunt in the Service95 Love Issue, where she gives advice to subscribers who shared their problems. Click here to read Dua’s advice in the new “Ask Dua” column. Here’s what Dua said in her newsletter about this new career path:
“I’ve also been trying out a brand-new career path of my own this week: agony aunt. After you, our lovely subscribers, submitted your questions of the heart under our social post, I took on the challenge of answering them. I’ve been told before that I give good advice, so this definitely puts that claim to the test! Either way, I absolutely loved reading every submission, so thank you so much to everyone who took part. It was genuinely a lot of fun, and I hope my advice helps you in some way.”
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