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A friend asked me recently how I managed to read all the things I recommend in my Friday newsletter.Was this newsletter a collective effort, he asked? Was there some committee of like-minded readers who consumed a great deal of material and then sent me their recommendations?I have no assistants, no committee, I told him. Recommendations from others don’t make it in unless I’ve actually read them. The only secret is that I love to read, I read all the time, and I do it very fast.It’s the only superpower that I’ve ever possessed. I am not a fast writer, thinker, or runner. No sport has ever come naturally to me. And anything to do with math has always been a brain-melting struggle.But reading just happens. Often it’s the literary equivalent of snack food, quickly consumed and forgotten. On...

Comment on this storyCommentcorrectionA previous version of this article incorrectly said that Catherine, who is married to Prince William, is the Duchess of Wales. She is the Princess of Wales. The article has been corrected.LONDON — For some, it was perhaps bittersweet, another sign that a new era has begun, as Britain celebrated the official birthday of King Charles III on Saturday with a military parade called Trooping the Colour. It was his first as sovereign, starring 1,400 soldiers, 400 musicians, and the show-stealers, 200 horses.The play was the same, but the actors had changed. There were the huge drum horses, the farriers with glinting axes and the buglers. The Mall from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade grounds was a sea of red tunics.The crowds were respectable — but n...