53 minutes ago ‘I am nothing if not persistent’: Lesley Imgart, winner of our graphic short story prize 2024

It was fifth time lucky for Imgart in this year’s Observer/Faber award for emerging cartoonists, with her spellbinding tale about the life of a young witchRead winner Lesley Imgart’s Witch Way? hereRead runner-up Elly Bazigos’s LANSA Flight 508 hereSpeaking to the winner of the annual Observer/Faber graphic short story prize is always a highlight of my year, but this time around the experience was especially lovely. Lesley Imgart, whose brilliant broomstick-ridden story Witch Way? we publish today, has entered the competition five times in the past six years, and when she talks to me from her home in Edinburgh, she still sounds amazed finally to have triumphed. “It’s unbelievable,” she says. “It was this thing I just did every year I keep forgetting I’ve won, and then 15 minutes later, ...

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53 minutes ago Easy chicken noodle soup recipe is perfect 'comfort food' in winter weather

If you need a warm bowl of comforting food to get you through this winter, then look no further than this delicious chicken noodle soup that promises maximum comfort in minutes

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2 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans fear Jamie Borthwick has 'offended' show judge as they demand 'justice'

Fans have been left confused after the EastEnders star was seen back in the ballroom alongside partner Michelle Tsiakkas

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3 hours ago 'Doesn't happen very often': Celtic's Euro rivals fire ominous warning as striker completes rare 48

Belgians will arrive in Glasgow in rude health after crushing win

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3 hours ago Bedtimes at our place are more dramatic than Australian soap operas | Seamas O'Reilly

Two young people with two very different approaches to bedtime sharing one room No wonder no one can get to sleep round hereFor the past few months, my wife and I haven’t had much time to ourselves. Right now, at the end of a day’s parenting, there’s often so little time left over that watching 35 minutes of a buzzy TV show – traditionally our favourite pastime – seems a bit pointless. Especially since several times this year, we’ve managed to time it right as a show gets cancelled.Bedtime is the real time-suck. Since our kids now share a room, our project for the last few months has been putting them down at the same time, to consolidate these parallel chores into one. But this process is fraught. At six, our son insists that he should get to stay up later than a two-year-old. The prob...

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3 hours ago 'Doesn't happen very often': Celtic's Euro rivals fire ominous warning as striker scores four in 48 minutes

Belgians will arrive in Glasgow in rude health after crushing win

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3 hours ago 'I stayed at a new London hotel that maximises comfort and convenience

Looking to book a stay in London? We've found the perfect place that is a new hotel just minutes away from the city centre which offers everything you need at a touch of a button

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4 hours ago Karen's Kitchen: Spicy chicken peanut butter tray bake from former MasterChef contestant

Another delicious recipe from the kitchen of Karen SKewies.

Politics

4 hours ago I was duped out of £230 by a dodgy meet and greet parking service at Gatwick Airport... they never arrived and only answered my call TWO MINUTES before my flight

EXCLUSIVE: Ella Alcindor from Suffolk was duped out of £230 after a 'meet and greet' parking service at Gatwick Airport called her two minutes before her flight and never arrived to pick up her car. 

Economics