3 d. ago Sister Europe by Nell Zink review – all the ideas Trump deems most dangerous

This comedy of manners set among Berlin’s cultural elite is a prescient interrogation of language, identity and powerOn 7 March 2025 the New York Times published a list of words that the Trump administration was systematically culling from government documents and educational materials. This list, which includes the words “gender ideology”, “affirming care”, “confirmation bias”, “ethnicity”, “identity”, “immigrants”, “racism”, “prostitute”, “political”, “intersectional” and “privilege”, reads like a bingo card for Nell Zink’s astonishingly prescient new novel, Sister Europe, in which a large cast of racially, economically and gender-diverse characters convene over the course of a single evening to attend a literary awards ceremony in Berlin.On its surface, Sister Europe is a comedy of manners set among Berlin’s exclusive and elusive cultural elite. The prose is searingly quick, revelatory and funny: Zink’s dialogue reads like our best plays. Entertaining banter could ...

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4 d. ago Number of people struggling with debts rising as ‘breathing space’ requests up

Around 8,033 breathing space registrations were recorded in March 2025, up is 4 per cent from the same time last year

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4 d. ago Number of people needing ‘breathing space’ from debts jumped annually in March

Some 8,033 breathing space registrations were recorded by the Insolvency Service in March 2025, which is 4% higher than in March 2024.

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5 d. ago Obituaries: Robin Salvesen, senior executive at Christian Salvesen who was devoted to public service and family

Robin Salvesen, shipping industrialist. Born: 4 May, 1935 in Edinburgh. Died: 10 March, 2025 in Haddington, aged 89

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1 week ago Canadian universities report jump in US applicants amid Trump crackdown

UBC and others report spike in interest from US citizens as Trump withholds funds and revokes foreign student visasMore students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.Officials at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of 1 March from US citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared with all of 2024. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Secrets of the Thames review: Engaging and carefully curated

The Secrets of the Thames runs from April 11, 2025, to March 1, 2026

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2 w. ago The Darkness, Ash, OVO Arena, Wembley, London, March 29, 2025

The Darkness, Ash, OVO Arena, Wembley, London, March 29, 2025  myglobalmind.com

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2 w. ago Celery sold at Walmart recalled in 29 states over possible contamination

The celery has a best-by date of March 23, 2025

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2 w. ago Visa applications for key routes to UK drop by almost 40% in a year

Some 1.24 million people applied for visas in the year to March 2024, before it dropped by 37% to 772,200 applicants in the year to March 2025.

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2 w. ago Visa applications for key routes to UK drop by 37% in a year

Some 1.24 million people applied for visas in the year to March 2024, before it dropped by 37% to 772,200 applicants in the year to March 2025.

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3 w. ago Blair Castle's Atholl Highlanders celebrate their march in New York Tartan Day Parade 2025

Currently in the midst of an 11-day tour of the United States, Britain's only private Regiment, The Atholl Highlanders, raised and commanded by the Dukes of Atholl, and based at their ancestral home of Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire, have taken part in New York’s Tartan Day Parade at the weekend.

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3 w. ago Thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis

Organisers say 150,000 joined protest in Madrid urging the government to ‘end the housing racket’ and to demand access to affordable housingTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spain in the latest protest against housing speculation and to demand access to affordable homes.Organisers claim that up to 150,000 joined the protest in Madrid while smaller demonstrations were held in about 40 cities across the country. Protesters from Málaga on the Costa del Sol to Vigo in the Atlantic northwest chanted “end the housing racket” and “landlords are guilty, the government is responsible”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Alabama school lunch lady, 41, 'took boy home and had sex with him'

Amy Nicole Wigginton, 41, reportedly admitted to having sex with the boy on at least two separate occasions at her home in March 2025.

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3 w. ago 'David and Golliath' moment as writers union protest at Meta HQ over 'theft' of work

In March 2025, reports alleged that over 7.5 millions were pirated to train Meta's new AI system. Now writers are fighting back for compensation and to protect the future of the arts

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3 w. ago WWE Smackdown: matches and segments announced, return to UK start times and updated Wrestlemania 41 matches

It’s back to a late night for UK WWE fans for the latest episode of Smackdown

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3 w. ago Which? names UK's cheapest supermarket with one rival nearly overtaking

Which? conducts a monthly comparison of supermarket prices to find the best value grocer for shoppers - and its results for March 2025 are in now

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3 w. ago ‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record

ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has experienced its hottest 12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on record, with last month seeing temperatures 2.41C above average, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed.The bureau said its data going back to 1910 showed the 12 months ending in March 2025 averaged 1.61C above average – the hottest of any 12-month period, beating the previous 1.51C mark set from January to December 2019.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US health secretary and agency sued by 23 states and DC over $11bn funding cut

Lawsuit alleges department’s ending of wide array of grants is ‘unlawful’ and poses ‘serious harm to public health’Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia are suing the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, alleging the abrupt terminations of $11bn in public health funding were “harmful” and “unlawful”.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, says that in March 2025, HHS unexpectedly ended a wide array of grants supporting immunizations, infectious disease tracking, mental health and substance abuse services. The federal government justified the cuts by claiming that the funds were “no longer necessary” because their “limited purpose” had ended along with the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Furious Aldi shopper left 'humiliated' after staff asked to search her bag to check she hadn't stolen anything before checking out her groceries

Karen Sharman, 61, claims she was 'singled out' after a routine trip to the budget chain's Brighton store on March 26th 2025, turned into a dramatic confrontation.

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4 w. ago PM remarks at the Organised Immigration Summit in central London: 31 March 2025

PM remarks at the Organised Immigration Summit in central London: 31 March 2025  GOV.UK

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