8 h. ago Fluminense vs Chelsea LIVE: Reaction as Blues seal a place in the Club World Cup final

Fluminense 0-2 Chelsea: Joao Pedro brace helps Enzo Maresca’s side book place in Club World Cup final

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14 h. ago Walkouts, feuds and broken friendships: when book clubs go bad

While most book clubs go off without an issue, when they do turn sour the fallout can be significant. So why do some go wrong – and what can be done to prevent it?“Friendships of over six years were broken overnight,” Rosa* says of the sudden, dramatic dissolution of her book club in Victoria, Australia some months ago. What started as a chance to share notes on the finer points of dramatic literature had become a real-life drama.The book club had been an important fixture of Rosa’s calendar for several years and, like many others, was hosted on rotation in the homes of different members each month. Although its primary purpose was discussing books, Rosa felt it was equally about socialising, and members were encouraged to dress up in outfits relating to the month’s book, with prizes for the best dressed. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick, 'Culpability,' delves into AI ethics

Oprah Winfrey has selected Bruce Holsinger's novel "Culpability" as her latest book club pick

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3 d. ago Man City land £38million bonus but face a challenge to repeat the trick

Manchester City made around £38million from their participation in the Club World Cup but they now need to book their spot in the next tournament.

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3 d. ago ‘The damage is terrifying’: Barbara Kingsolver on Trump, rural America and the recovery home funded by her hit novel

Demon Copperhead, the author’s retelling of Dickens during Virginia’s opioid crisis, was a global success. Now she has used royalties from the novel to open a recovery residenceIn the spotless kitchen of a white clapboard house in the Appalachian mountains, a retired deacon, a regional jail counsellor and I form an impromptu book club. The novel under discussion is Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling, Pulitzer prize-winning Demon Copperhead, which is set in this area, Lee County, Virginia, during the 1990s, at the beginning of the opioid epidemic. I say that I loved the novel, that it was vivid and brilliant, heart-warming and tragic. Their reaction is more complex – there’s a real sadness behind it. Julie Montgomery-Barber, the jail counsellor, tells me she found the book “hard to read”. The Rev Nancy Hobbs agrees that reading it was painful, “because I felt like: I knew these people. At every level, from foster care to the football coaches to Demon. I knew Demon.”Hobbs and Montg...

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4 d. ago PSG vs Bayern Munich Club World Cup prediction, odds and betting offer

PSG and Bayern will both be eyeing for a place in the Club World Cup final but first have to book a spot in the semi-finals

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5 d. ago This feels both sacrilegious and scary, but I have a bone to pick with Oprah Winfrey | Emma Brockes

Bravo Rosie O’Donnell for calling out America’s queen over her attendance at the Bezos-Sánchez nuptials. That takes courageA very unusual thing happened at the weekend, an event so outlandish, so vanishingly rare, that even in these times of general chaos and disorder it deserves our attention: someone prominent joined the tiny cohort of people willing to publicly criticise Oprah. I’m not talking about an attack from the right. Donald Trump and his Maga cronies routinely go after Oprah Winfrey as (feel free to laugh) a lefty agitator. I’m talking about the actor Rosie O’Donnell, on Instagram, calling out America’s queen for showing up at the Jeff Bezos wedding.Of course, criticising someone for throwing in their lot with Bezos shouldn’t be in the least controversial. The gross parade of wedding guests attending his marriage to Lauren Sánchez in Venice last weekend looked like a catwalk of shame. There was Leonardo DiCaprio, hiding his face with his hat (we still see you!), in the co...

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7 d. ago Rosie O’Donnell criticises Oprah for attending Jeff Bezos wedding: ‘It turned my stomach’

Oprah attended alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, Orlando Bloom and members of the Kardashian family

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8 d. ago Man City vs Al Hilal LIVE early team news plus kick off time and how to watch Club World Cup tie

Manchester City will book their place in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup if they can beat Al-Hilal.

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8 d. ago Man City vs Al Hilal LIVE score and goal updates as Haaland and Doku start with Rodri on bench

Manchester City will book their place in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup if they can beat Al-Hilal.

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8 d. ago Man City vs Al Hilal LIVE score and goal updates as Bernardo Silva scores early

Manchester City will book their place in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup if they can beat Al-Hilal.

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8 d. ago Man City vs Al Hilal LIVE score and goal updates with three goals in nine minutes in Club World Cup

Manchester City will book their place in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup if they can beat Al-Hilal.

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8 d. ago Man City vs Al Hilal LIVE score and goal updates from extra time as Foden scores after Koulibaly

Manchester City will book their place in the quarter-final of the Club World Cup if they can beat Al-Hilal.

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8 d. ago Reese Witherspoon’s hit book club for romcom lovers: best podcasts of the week

Fans of bestselling novelist Emily Henry will devour the juicy first episode. Plus, Women’s Euros 2025 and Christine McGuinness delves into dating!If you too have raced through Emily Henry’s moreish romcom novels, you’ll want to tune in to this new podcast from Reese Witherspoon’s book club. Henry is the first guest, along with director Yulin Kuang, who is bringing her stories to the big screen. They’re talking all things romance with host Danielle Robay, who will continue to meet authors in a series made for listening to in a sunny park. Hollie Richardson Widely available, episodes weekly Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Shakespeare Ladies Club by Christine & Jonathan Hainsworth: The women who made Shakespeare great

Imagine a world in which no one cared about Shakespeare - that was the case in the 1600s, until four pioneering women reinvigorated the bard's reputation.

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1 week ago How much have Man City made from the Club World Cup so far? Eye

Manchester City have won every game at the Club World Cup to book their spot in the knockout rounds in the United States.

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1 week ago 'I wrote a book and published it online. When I woke up next morning it was number one in the charts'

Sophie Gravia swapped nursing for writing and now the author of bestselling The Glasgow Kiss book series and The Dicktionary Club has a BBC podcast

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1 week ago Oprah Winfrey shows off CINCHED waist amid Ozempic journey at Bezos wedding

Oprah Winfrey flaunted her toned curves at the wedding of the year on Friday. The media mogul, 71, was one of the many guests at the wedding of billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.

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1 week ago Orlando Bloom treated to one of Oprah Winfrey's legendary pep talks at Bezos wedding amid Katy Perry split

Orlando Bloom may be newly single, but he wasn't short on support during Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's lavish Italian wedding celebration.

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1 week ago Oprah Winfrey, 71, shows off her Ozempic weight loss in fitted gymwear as she enjoys a workout with Gayle King, 40, and Orlando Bloom, 48, in Venice ahead of Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' wedding

The talk show host - who once topped the scales at 237lbs in 1992 - finally reached her 160lb goal weight in 2023 after undergoing double-knee replacement surgery.

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