12 h. ago ‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award

The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writersBack in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep. Last month, the hit TV adaptation Mr Loverman, about a 74-year-old gay Caribbean man set in Hackney, east London, won two Baftas, including leading actor for Lennie James, making him the first Black British actor to win the TV award in its 70-year history. “I checked Wikipedia!” Evaristo exclaims of this shocking fact when we meet in London.Evaristo’s long career is one of firsts and creating them for others. In 2019, at the age of 60, she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize – shared with Margaret Atwood –...

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27 h. ago I sat next to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on their glitzy date night... what I saw left me shaking

The NFL star and his 14-time Grammy Award winning girlfriend visited Buccan, a James Beard-nominated restaurant, in Palm Beach, and one Swiftie had a front row seat.

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3 d. ago Who won at the British Soap Award 2025? Winners in full as EastEnders dominates

Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders and Hollyoaks went head-to-head at the star-studded awards bash, hosted by Jane McDonald

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3 d. ago Award winning chippy shares secret for 'perfect' fish and chips 

It's National Fish and Chip Day on Friday 6 June, and a perfect excuse for a chippy.

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4 d. ago Zoe Saldaña reveals she ‘collapsed’ at Oscars moments after winning first award

The actor won the award for her supporting role in ‘Emilia Pérez’

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4 d. ago Airdrie school tops Spring Clean Scotland's Litter League for third year in a row

Hilltop Primary School in Airdrie were the winners of the Glasgow and Strathclyde award, with 24 pupils collecting 58 bags of litter.

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4 d. ago Emmerdale's April Windsor star 'grateful' after soap award win

The actress took home Emmerdale's only win at the British Soap Awards 2025

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4 d. ago The underrated seaside village where you can eat like a king near castle ruins

This underrated Welsh village has sandy beaches, castle ruins and an award-winning inn serving some of the best eats in Carmarthenshire

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5 d. ago The tiny hidden gem Scottish island with 'stunning' seafood restaurant

From scenic walks to an award-winning eatery, the isle has it all.

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5 d. ago Bernardine Evaristo scoops Women’s prize outstanding contribution award

One-off £100,000 prize awarded to Girl, Women, Other writer for entire body of work and ‘dedication to uplifting under-represented voices’Bernardine Evaristo is to receive £100,000 after being announced as the winner of the Women’s prize outstanding contribution award, a one-off prize to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women’s prize for fiction.The author of Girl, Woman, Other and Mr Loverman has been rewarded for her entire body of work, as well as her “transformative impact on literature and her unwavering dedication to uplifting under-represented voices across the cultural landscape”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Award winning Scottish chip shop shares secret that draws customers from miles away

Fish and chips are in news this week as National Fish and Chip Day is celebrated on Friday, June 6.

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5 d. ago Adolescence breakout star Owen Cooper reacts to winning first big award for hit show

Teenager had never booked an acting job before filming the hit Netflix show

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5 d. ago ‘Godfather’ of AI Yoshua Bengio says latest models lie to users

Turing Award winner launches LawZero non-profit for safer AI, while warning recent models display dangerous characteristics

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6 d. ago Murder: A Search for the Truth with international crime expert David Swindle

International crime expert David Swindle brings his gripping live show Murder – A Search for the Truth to Glasgow on Sunday, October 12 at the city’s award winning venue, Barras Art and Design from 1.30–3.30pm.

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6 d. ago Our favourite seaside towns that are less than 90 minutes from London with Banksy art and award

Our favourite seaside towns that are less than 90 minutes from London with Banksy art and award-winning beaches  The Sun

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6 d. ago Must Laila Soueif die from her hunger strike in London before her son Alaa Abd el

Egypt’s lack of respect for the rule of law is alarming and Britain should impose sanctions to ensure his freedomUK should impose sanctions on Egypt over jailed activist, says Helena KennedyLaila Soueif is one of the most determined people I know, and for that reason, she is in grave danger. The grandmother, 69, is lying in a hospital bed in central London, perilously close to death after 245 days on hunger strike. She could still survive, but it will depend on the UK government taking strong action.Soueif stopped eating to try to save her son, the imprisoned British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and winner of the 2024 English PEN writer of courage award. He has spent more than a decade in an Egyptian jail cell because of his writings on democracy. Soueif wants more than anything else to reunite him with his own son, 13, who lives in Brighton and has barely been able to spend time with his father.Helena Kennedy KC is a Labour p...

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6 d. ago ‘We need new numbers’: Comedian David Cross cracks jokes to spread climate crisis awareness

The Emmy award winning comic teams up with renowed scientist Michael Oppenheimer for a new video campaignDavid Cross is many things: a famed comic, an Emmy award winner, and a New York Times bestseller. But he is not a climate scientist.That fact might make him the perfect person to communicate the urgency of global heating to mass audiences. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The Polar Academy named as Carlowrie Castle’s 2025 Isobel Award winner

Last Friday, the team behind Carlowrie Castle presented the seventh annual Isobel Award to local charity, The Polar Academy, in recognition of their life-changing expeditions to the Arctic for young people.

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7 d. ago Boardwalk Empire and Daredevil star dies aged 41 after private battle

Actor Devin Harjes starred in a host of popular and award winning television shows and movies including Manifest, Orange is the New Black and Gotham

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7 d. ago Author Philippe Sands was told it is ‘unacceptable’ to read Russian writer Tolstoy amid Ukraine war

‘It is complex,’ said the award-winning writer

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