5 h. ago Yael van der Wouden and Rachel Clarke win Women's Prize book awards

Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Thursday for her debut novel “The Safekeep.”

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62 h. ago The need for awards to ditch male and female categories has never been starker

Non-binary star Cole Escola won the award for best leading actor in a play at last weekend’s Tony Awards. It’s a worthy and commendable win – but one that only intensifies long-standing questions about the relevance of gendered awards in our modern age, writes Louis Chilton

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3 d. ago Nicole Scherzinger reveals new career plans after being 'written off' before Tony win

Nicole Scherzinger reveals career plans after Tony Awards Win

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3 d. ago Tony awards 2025: Maybe Happy Ending and Nicole Scherzinger win big while George Clooney misses out

The romantic robot musical picked up six awards while Clooney’s box office smash Good Night, and Good Luck left empty-handedThe full list of winnersRed carpet looks and best of the show – in picturesRomantic robot musical Maybe Happy Ending has triumphed with six wins at this year’s Tony awards, with actors Cole Escola and Kara Young also making history in their respective categories.Maybe Happy Ending was named best musical, with its star Darren Criss also taking home the award for leading actor in a musical. The first-time winner spoke about being proud to be part of a “notably diverse and exquisite” Broadway season, while Michael Arden, who won best direction of a musical for the show, said that “empathy is not a weakness but it is a gift and our shared responsibility” in a speech ending with him wishing everyone a happy Pride Month. Continue reading...

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4 d. 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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6 d. ago Moment 'gutted' Coronation Street star is caught grimacing in audience of British Soap Awards after being 'robbed' of win in 'diabolical' verdict

The annual ceremony (pictured) was broadcast last night, with a slew of the country's favourite soap stars in attendance and Jane McDonald playing host.

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6 d. ago Missing Steve McFadden at Soap Awards explained by EastEnders co

Adam Woodyatt was on hand to collect his EastEnders co-star Steve McFadden's much-deserved win at the British Soap Awards after the Phil Mitchell actor was missing

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7 d. ago Whiteburn wins Home Builder of the Year (SME) at the Homes for Scotland Awards 2025 – two years in a row

Whiteburn is proud to announce that it has been named Home Builder of the Year (SME) at the Homes for Scotland Awards 2025 — an incredible second consecutive year win, and three times in four years that the company has received this prestigious honour.

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8 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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1 week ago EastEnders legend Patsy Palmer sends message to 'best friends' after big British Soap Awards win

The Bianca Jackson actress won Best Comedy Performance at the event

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1 week ago Brian May gushes over wife Anita Dobson in rare update after Soap Awards win

Queen rocker Brian May has shared a rare comment about his actress wife Anita Dobson following her win at the Soap Awards and his terrifying health scare last year

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1 week ago Susanna Reid's flattering red midi dress from her GMB award win currently has £60 off

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid was scooped an award this week in a flattering red midi dress from LK Bennett that currently has £60 off

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2 w. ago Can YOU see the face? Scientists claim this 'portrait' was created by a Neanderthal 43,000 years ago

As far as art goes, it's not going to win any awards. But this large pebble might be the earliest known representation of a face, experts say.

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2 w. ago Taylor Swift fans up in arms over AMAs absence despite recent teasers

Swift did not win a single AMA last night despite being nominated for six awards

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3 w. ago Lady Gaga: pop superstar only one award win away from coveted EGOT after latest victory

Gaga was award the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction for her Super Bowl work in New Orleans

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3 w. ago Guardian journalists win Paul Foot award for carer’s allowance coverage

Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday honoured for their coverage of ‘enraging and heartbreaking’ DWP scandalThe Guardian journalists Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday have won the Paul Foot award for their coverage of how vulnerable British carers were taken to court for accidentally claiming the allowance alongside part-time work.The pair uncovered how carers were prosecuted even though many had tried to report their earnings to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Radical translation’ of Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker prize

Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 awardHeart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won this year’s International Booker prize for translated fiction, becoming the first short story collection to take the award. The stories were originally written in Kannada, the official language of the state of Karnataka in southern India.Described by the author and chair of judges Max Porter as “something genuinely new for English readers: a radical translation” of “beautiful, busy, life-affirming stories”, Heart Lamp’s 12 tales chronicle the lives of women in patriarchal communities in southern India. They were selected as well as translated by Bhasthi, the first Indian translator to win the award. She chose them from around 50 stories in six collections written by Mushtaq over a 30-year-period. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Veteran Chelsea Flower Show designer ‘honoured’ to win garden of the year award

Kazuyuki Ishihara appeared jubilant at winning the gong.

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3 w. ago Stacey Solomon 'under fire with BBC bosses' over 'entitled' Bafta rant

The presenter, 35, sparked backlash after saying she was ‘devastated’ that her show, Sort Your Life Out, didn’t win an award

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3 w. ago Manchester United's rising stars win awards after being promoted to the first

Harry Amass and Tyler Fredricson have won academy awards following their promotion to the first-team set up.

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