Author: Alan Cowell

Archer, Jeffrey Books and Literature Deaths (Obituaries)England Great Britain Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel (Book)Writing and Writers

October 5, 2026 Alan Cowell

Jeffrey Archer, Novelist Whose Real Life Rivaled His Thrillers, Dies at 86

In a life of achievement and disgrace, he wrote best-selling novels with themes he knew intimately: ambition, self-promotion, misbehavior and scandal.

Balladur, Edouard Bribery and Kickbacks Deaths (Obituaries)France Politics and Government Rwanda War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

August 31, 2026 Alan Cowell

Édouard Balladur, Embattled French Prime Minister, Dies at 97

His time in office coincided with France’s fraught role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the corruption scandal known as the Karachi affair.

Deaths (Obituaries)Harald V, King of Norway Politics and Government Royal Families

August 28, 2026 Alan Cowell

Harald V, Norway’s King as Tradition and Modernity Collided, Dies at 89

His 35-year reign opened an ancient monarchy to marriages with so-called commoners and to an incendiary association with Jeffrey Epstein.