14 h. ago Fern Britton names the 1 book she's planning to read this summer

Fern Britton has shared the one book she's determined to read this summer as she embarks on a Mediterranean retreat - and it's another Sunday Times bestseller

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5 d. ago Fern Britton claims she was 'punched in kidneys' by King Charles's protection officer

Fern Britton has spoken out about the moment she was introduced to King Charles during her teenage years

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6 d. ago Fern Britton admits she got a 'kidney punch' from King Charles' protection officer

Fern Britton rose to fame after appearing on This Morning, but it was in a look back to her 20s that she revealed an incident at a Royal event attended by King Charles

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6 d. ago Comedian Alexandra Haddow names book that gives her hope in difficult times

Writer and comic shares her favourite books, TV shows, podcasts and movies

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8 d. ago Parents plan to dish out nearly £500 to celebrate teens' exam results

Proud parents plan to dish out an average of nearly £500 worth of presents to celebrate their teen’s exam results.

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9 d. ago Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest

The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisationIn the 1930s, it was common for British missionaries to change the names of African school pupils to biblical names. The change wasn’t “just for school” – it was intended to be for ever. So Ngũgĩ became James and my father, Mohamed, became Moses. While many students retained their new names throughout their lives, Ngũgĩ and my father changed theirs back, though you can still find early editions of Ngũgĩ’s first book, Weep Not, Child, under the name of “James Ngugi”. With the novel, Ngũgĩ established himself as a writer and later, by reclaiming his Kikuyu identity as an activist, began a process of decolonisation that he would explore in one of his most famous nonfiction works, Decolonising the Mind (1986), which challenged the dominance of European languages in African education and literature. Ngũgĩ...

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1 week ago EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why Meghan wouldn't be a guest at Fern's dinner party

Choosing Princess Diana as her fantasy dinner party guest on a podcast, Fern Britton contradicts Harry's conviction that his late mother would have 'loved' Meghan.

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1 week ago More women are planning to buy a home on their own than with a partner, research shows

More women are planning to buy a home on their own than with a partner, according to research.

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2 w. ago David Byrne and Hayley Williams write original songs for Netflix film The Twits

The film adaptation based on the characters from Roald Dahl’s book of the same name will feature three original songs.

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