2 h. ago The Guardian view on the Women’s prize for nonfiction: shining a light where it’s badly needed | Editorial

Having a separate award was good for female novelists. Now a medical author is blazing a trail with a true storyFemale nonfiction writers are paid less on average, receive fewer reviews and win fewer prizes than men. Unsurprisingly, this means that women sell fewer books. So far this year, more than 60% of titles on the UK’s hardback and paperback nonfiction bestseller lists have been by men.Kate Mosse wants to change this. Famously, she set up the Women’s prize for fiction after there was not a single woman on the 1991 Booker shortlist. This year Ms Mosse’s award celebrates its 30th anniversary. With previous winners including Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Maggie O’Farrell, it has changed the publishing landscape to the extent that some suggest it is now redundant: last year, five out of the six books on the Booker prize shortlist were by women, and the winner was Samantha Harvey. Indeed, such is the pre-eminence of female novelists that there is talk of a cri...

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30 h. ago Hamilton Women's team 'surprised and disappointed' after Accies owners ban side from using club's IP

'Accies Women' have responded to a letter they received from HAFC's board of directors

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32 h. ago Hamilton Academical to set up new Women's team and BAN current SWPL1 side from using club's intellectual property

A letter from the Hamilton Academical board of directors has been sent to New Douglas Park demanding 'Accies Women' change their name

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3 d. ago Local Women's Aid charity criticises Sabrina Carpenter over 'regressive' album cover

The reveal of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover has set the internet ablaze, with Glasgow Women’s Aid branding it ‘regressive’

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5 d. ago Calvin Klein bralette and leggings set slashed to £19.99 in Wowcher deal

Snap up this sleek Calvin Klein loungewear set for less – the comfy, logo-branded bralette and leggings combo has just dropped to under £20.

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8 d. ago Aryna Sabalenka v Coco Gauff: French Open women’s singles final goes to deciding set – live

Live updates from the 2pm BST start at Roland GarrosMen’s singles final preview | And you can email JohnThe roof is open and the wind is blowing in, which adds a variable. It could get a bit swirly.Via the BBC, plucky Brit news:Teenager Hannah Klugman was unable to become the first Briton in almost 50 years to win a French Open juniors title after losing in the girls’ singles final.The 16-year-old, competing in her first junior Grand Slam singles final, was beaten 6-2 6-0 by Austria’s Lilli Tagger. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Sabalenka wins first set against Gauff in French Open women's final

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka has won the first set 7-6 (5) against No. 2 Coco Gauff in the French Open women's final

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8 d. ago Hamilton Accies announce academy will stay in town amid first team move to Broadwood

The club has secured a site in Hamilton for their youngsters to compete in the 2025/26 season

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9 d. ago ITV angers Loose Women audience after 'axing huge part of show'

Loose Women is reportedly set to scrap its live studio audience when it returns with a reduced schedule next year, with panellists said to be 'furious' about the move

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9 d. ago New York won't rescind Native American mascot ban, despite Trump's threat of cutting federal funds

New York education officials have refused to rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing federal funding

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1 week ago Preparations underway as Dundonand Links set to host ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open

The 2025 event will be the seventh time in 11 seasons that Dundonald Links has welcomed the world’s best female golfers.

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1 week ago Women's sports bar The Sports Bra set to expand to four new cities

The Sports Bra, the nation’s first sports bar dedicated to women’s sports, is expanding to four new locations in Boston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas and St. Louis

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1 week ago Next Rangers manager: Russell Martin would be 'positive thing' for Ibrox club as evolution cited

Gunn played with Martin and knows what he can bring to Rangers

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1 week ago Keynote speakers announced for inaugural Scottish Women's Wellbeing Summit

Lesley Canis, the passionate women’s wellbeing advocate behind the inaugural Scottish Women's Wellbeing Summit, set to take place at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews on 15th November, has released details of the five truly inspiring female speakers, four of whom are Scottish, that she has assembled to inspire and motivate delegates at this one of a kind event.

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1 week ago Pakistan set to play Women’s Cricket World Cup games in Sri Lanka as hybrid hosting model revealed

India had been due to host the entirety of the eight-team tournament in September and October

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1 week ago Hamilton Accies seek site in town for youth academy as deal for temporary base close to being secured

The League One club are set to keep academy operations in Hamilton, while the first team prepares to move to Cumbernauld

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2 w. ago Emmerdale’s Danny Miller apologises for 'confusion' over recent Dad update

The actor took to his Instagram to set the record straight after his Loose Women interview

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2 w. ago The ‘dangerous’ Australian women whose art was dismissed, forgotten – and even set on fire

A new exhibition celebrates 50 globetrotting women who traded parochial Australia for European modernity to create ‘subtly subversive’ artGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen Justine Kong Sing stepped off a steamship into Edwardian London, the Nundle-born daughter of a Chinese merchant could tell straight away she was a long way from Australia: amid the “roar and rush” of the city, no one seemed to notice her.“In the colonies, where foreigners are treated differently, an Oriental suffers keenly the mortification of being stared at, and often assaulted, because of his color!” she wrote in a widely published account. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Coleen Nolan 'devastated' as she 'fights for job' amid Loose Women shake

EXCLUSIVE: Coleen Nolan is said to be 'devastated' following the news that Loose Women is set to be cut almost in half, with the show only being on air for 30 weeks a year

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3 w. ago Disney+ to enter women’s football market with Champions League rights

Streaming platform in line to agree five-year dealDAZN has shown Champions League for four seasonsThe streaming platform Disney+ is set to show live Women’s Champions League matches from next season across multiple European broadcast territories, including the United Kingdom.It is understood Disney+ has agreed a five-year deal which will mean that it broadcasts every single match in the competition live, which is being perceived as a major step forward for coverage of the European women’s game’s top club competition. Continue reading...

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