News about Joan Didion

I dress like my house, and my house looks like mine. I love calming neutral colors and not so much'stuff' on display in rooms, as in my wardrobe. A house crammed with knick-knacks and walls lined with prints would make me want to move.

Some celebrities have arrived for the parade round with a large crowd; Bill Nighy, on the other hand, settles down with a good book at a cafe. On Monday, the actor, who was 73, looked dapper as he was seen dininging in Marylebone, London. He wore a navy blue jacket and a pair of smart grey trousers, while others went for a pair of smart black boots. Bill was seen enjoying Miami by Joan Didion, her 1987 book about the Cuban exiles in the Florida city and their relations with the US government in Washington.

Kate Morton, a historical fiction writer, is currently reading a memoir by Joan Didion. Shakespeare would be stranded on a desert island with no hope of rescue.

By Caitlin Wolper Is the house still standing? René Kladzyk, a singer from Michigan, is eager to find out when she returns to her childhood home this Christmas.