25 h. ago The devastating legacy of Native boarding schools: ‘no way people can apologize it away’

Mary Annette Pember’s expansive and shocking book Medicine River looks at the many ways that the US has tried to dehumanise and eradicate Native familiesMary Annette Pember will publish her first book, Medicine River, on Tuesday. She signed to write it in 2022 but feels she really started work more than 50 years ago, “before I could even write, when I was under the table as a kid, making these symbols that were sort of my own”.A citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Wisconsin Ojibwe, Pember is a national correspondent for ICT News, formerly Indian Country Today. In Medicine River, she tells two stories: of the Indian boarding schools, which operated in the US between the 1860s and the 1960s, and of her mother, her time in such a school and the toll it took. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Calls for former Welsh Secretary to be stripped of peerage over book

Simon Hart has published a book detailing diary extracts which reveal his experiences working with a variety of MPs in Westminster

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4 d. ago SARAH VINE: The revolting bin chaos in Birmingham is a national disgrace

Birmingham is piled high with rotting garbage and cat-sized rats. It's also a perfect metaphor for this supposed 'government of the people' and for the self-serving Labour politicians.

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5 d. ago Crucial coal will be delivered to British Steel plant in Scunthorpe TODAY as ministers try to avoid full nationalisation

After stepping in to take control of British Steel over the weekend, the Government faced a race against time to get materials such as coking coal and iron ore to the site.

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6 d. ago Former Tory MP among 15 charged over general election betting scandal

The scandal over the alleged placing of bets on the timing of Rishi Sunak’s surprise decision to call the national ballot early engulfed the Conservative Party’s campaign last summer

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6 d. ago Gary Lineker 'turns down £1m offer' from Prince Harry's book publisher to pen memoir

Gary Lineker was reportedly offered a staggering £1million to write his autobiography but negotiations are still on the table with Prince Harry's book publisher

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6 d. ago Forgotten: Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials review – existence is resistance

In mapping the Palestinian history and culture that persists despite Israeli suppression, Raja Shehadeh and Penny Johnson display a strength of purpose and a promise of hopeRaja Shehadeh – lawyer, activist and Palestine’s greatest prose writer – has long been a voice of sanity and measure in the fraught, tendentious world of Arab-Israeli politics. His first non-academic book, When the Bulbul Stopped Singing, chronicled the 2002 siege of his hometown, Ramallah, while Palestinian Walks, which won the Orwell prize, traced how Israel’s de facto occupation of the West Bank had fundamentally altered both its geography and its history. Last year, Shehadeh published What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?, his first book since the attacks of 7 October. It was a work in two parts: the first, a characteristically measured analysis of how history led us to this point; the second, a bitterly furious record of the devastation wrought upon Gaza. The overwhelming impression was of a man who, after d...

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7 d. ago New books chart Biden’s downfall – and the picture is damning for Democrats

Books detail president increasingly unfit to take on Trump, and party infighting that doomed Kamala Harris’s chancesJoe Biden plans to write a book about his presidency which ended in his historic withdrawal from the 2024 election, pushed out by senior Democrats convinced he was too old and infirm and replaced by his vice-president, Kamala Harris.Sources close to Biden told news outlets the book could be published next year, by which time Biden will be 83 and doubtless – like other US presidents’ autobiographies – it will be a self-serving narrative lauding his time in office. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The foreign nationalities most likely to be arrested for sex offences

Police made 8,500 arrests of foreign nationals for sexual offences including rape in 2024 and start of 2025.

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8 d. ago Donald Trump reveals who he's backing for the Masters after skipping major at Augusta National

President Donald Trump has revealed who he is backing to win The Masters after skipping out on an appearance at the major tournament at Augusta National Golf Club this week.

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8 d. ago British Steel faces being nationalised as MPs are recalled to Parliament for rare weekend summit

British Steel could be taken under Government control in a move that paves the way for nationalisation, as MPs were recalled to Parliament to debate emergency legislation.

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8 d. ago Police force tells its officers they have 'white privilege' in equity training programme

Thames Valley Police has taught staff about topics including 'micro-aggressions,' 'white privilege,' and the difference between 'non-racist versus anti-racist'.

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8 d. ago Idiotic daytrippers stand inches from death as they peer over crumbling cliffs

Tourists were seen today standing dangerously close to the cliff edge (pictured) in the coastal hamlet of Birling Gap, East Sussex, one of Britain's most popular beauty spots.

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer warns the future of British Steel 'hangs in the balance' as he prepares to recall Parliament TOMORROW to avoid industry's collapse after Trump hits it with tariffs

MPs are being brought back to Westminster from the Easter recess amid intense manoeuvring in the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs.

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8 d. ago Masters fan reveals crazy amount one patron spent in the Augusta merchandise store

For most, a trip to the Masters is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... and for those lucky enough to be at Augusta National, that often means a quick trip to the gift store.

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8 d. ago Parliament will be recalled TOMORROW amid signs British Steel could be nationalised to avoid industry's collapse after Trump tariffs

MPs are being brought back to Westminster from the Easter recess amid intense manoeuvring in the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs.

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8 d. ago William and and Kate share never before seen family picture to mark national day

The Prince and Princess of Wales have shared a sweet tribute to their adorable dog on National Pet Day.

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8 d. ago Moment police raid barbershops as part of nationwide crackdown on criminal gangs hiding in plain sight using hairdressers, sweetshops and car washes

Hundreds of American-themed sweet shops, hairdressers and car washes have been raided as part of a mammoth operation on suspected money laundering rackets.

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8 d. ago Grand National jockey breaks silence after Celebre D'Allen's death

Nolan was given a 10-day ban and roundly criticised after riding the 13-year-old gelding over the last fence - despite him having 'no more to give'.

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9 d. ago National campaign to see young people’s poetry published in book

A national poetry campaign aimed at raising vital funds and increasing visibility for Scotland’s LGBTQ+ youth has announced that selected submissions will be published in a new book.

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