47 h. ago Sam Fender's 'incredible' £25k gesture after Mercury Prize win

The singer donated the money to 'legendary venues' that are struggling

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57 h. ago Andrew Miller is bookies’ favourite to win 2025 Booker prize

The Land in Winter has shortest odds of victory, ahead of Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and SunnyAndrew Miller is the bookmakers’ favourite to win the 2025 Booker prize, which will be announced on Monday evening in London.The English author tops the William Hill odds at 6/4 for The Land in Winter, a novel set in 1960s England which follows two marriages struggling under the weight of postwar class divisions, professional dislocation and emotional estrangement. Miller was previously shortlisted for the Booker in 2001 for his novel Oxygen. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Two authors named as favourites to win 2025 Booker Prize for fiction

British novelist Andrew Miller and Indian author Kiran Desai are the favourites to win the award at a ceremony in London on Monday

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65 h. ago Andrew Miller and Kiran Desai are favorites to win the Booker Prize for fiction

British novelist Andrew Miller and Indian author Kiran Desai are the favorites to win the Booker Prize for fiction at a ceremony in London

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4 d. ago WTA Finals live: Rybakina topples Sabalenka to win biggest payday in women’s tennis history

Rybakina produced a flawless performance to defeat World No 1 Sabalenka 6-3 7-6 (7-0) and win the $5.23m prize

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5 d. ago Chess: Russian star and top Americans fall in World Cup but Adams wins 10

Ian Nepomniachtchi was a world title challenger, Wesley So is ranked No 8, and Hans Niemann has huge ambition, but all lost to unheralded opponentsThe ongoing $2m, 206-player World Cup in Goa, India, has a brutal format designed to maximise the chance of shock results. Its knockout matches consist of the best of just two classical games, followed by rapid and blitz tiebreaks at increasingly fast speeds, then a final Armageddon game where White has more time but is obliged to win. The major incentive besides the prize money is three places in the 2026 Candidates, the pathway to the world title.The Russia No 1, Ian Nepomniachtchi, who twice played for the global crown, the USA’s world No 8, Wesley So, and Hans Niemann, who has huge ambitions, were the high profile casualties in Thursday’s second round of 128, which was the first round for the top 50 seeds. After losing to the little-known Indian Diptayan Ghosh, Nepomniachtchi posted a laconic message: “There’s nothing to say about the...

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6 d. ago Celebrity Traitors finale: Alan Carr, Cat Burns, Joe Marler, Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga compete to win £100,000 prize

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest from the Celebrity Traitors finale as five players, Alan Carr, Cat Burns, Joe Marler, Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga compete to win the £100,000 prize.

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6 d. ago Celebrity Traitors series two rumoured contestants as famous sports stars drop hints

The Celebrity Traitors reaches its thrilling climax tonight, with the remaining five celebrities battling it out to win a huge jackpot cash prize in the grand final

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6 d. ago Joe Marler banks huge Celebrity Traitors fee as he's eyed for new BBC role

The former England rugby international has been the breakout star of The Celebrity Traitors with viewers backing him to go on and win the jackpot prize in Thursday night's final

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6 d. ago Traitors face off against faithful in Celebrity Traitors finale

Alan Carr and Cat Burns will aim to go undetected to win the prize money.

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8 d. ago I had a penny left in my bank account, now I'm a millionaire at 20! Hotel manager reveals how she scooped the jackpot on ITV's Win Win

Sienna McSwiggan from Halesowen, became a millionaire overnight after winning the million pound jackpot on the ITV game show Win Win, hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins

Society

8 d. ago ‘Beating, torturing, killing’: freed Palestinian author on life in Israeli jails

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza war and tells of struggle to adjust to life outsideA celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exile to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author

Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza conflict and tells of struggle to adjust to life outsideA celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exiled to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Celebrity Traitors finalist Nick Mohammed claims one of his co

As the Celebrity Traitors finale looms, the pressure is mounting in Ardross Castle as the Traitors and the Faithful battle it out to win the cash prize for their chosen charity.

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1 week ago Big Brother star looks completely different 20 years on as he joins another reality show

Two decades after competing on Big Brother, one star looks almost unrecognisable as he signs up for another reality TV series that could win him a huge cash prize

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2 w. ago Dear Donald Trump, here’s how you can win that Nobel peace prize | Mehdi Hasan

Make Israel release Marwan Barghouti, the ‘Palestinian Mandela’. The future of peace in the region depends on itDear Donald Trump,You still want that Nobel peace prize, right? You believe you deserve it, don’t you? Even as you send the world’s biggest warship towards Venezuela, promise to just “kill people that are bringing drugs into our country they’re going to be, like dead”, and threaten further national guard invasions of Democratic-run cities here in the United States.Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster, author and a former host on MSNBC. He is also a Guardian US columnist and the editor-in-chief of Zeteo Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Arsenal rack up huge Champions League prize money as Atletico win seals big payout

Arsenal thrashed Atletico Madrid 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday evening and that huge win has given Mikel Arteta's side a huge financial boost

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3 w. ago Sam Fender releases new song with Elton John, one day after Mercury prize win

John plays twinkling piano part in new song Talk to You, and says he ‘truly loves’ the Geordie singer-songwriterSam Fender has released a new song with Elton John entitled Talk to You, the day after winning the 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching.It features a twinkling piano line laid out by John, amid Fender’s full-bodied guitar-led songwriting. Fender sings on the chorus “Just wanna talk to you / Wanna talk with my best friend / Wanna let go of everything that I carry”, and has said the song is about: “the end of a long relationship – about the regret, the mistakes and the lessons that come with it. It’s that feeling of losing your best friend, and coming to terms with that. I was playing around with the riff and thought, ‘What I need is a really good pianist’, and then, ‘Hmmm, I wonder who I can call?’ And of course, who better than Elton John?” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Who won the Mercury Prize 2025? Sam Fender wins top music prize for album People Watching

Sam Fender beat out the likes of Pulp, CMAT, Fontaines D.C., Jacob Alon and more to win the 2025 Mercury Prize.

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3 w. ago Sam Fender reveals how he plans to celebrate Mercury Prize 2025 win

Sam Fender has won the Mercury Prize 2025 for his third album, People Watching on Thursday (16 October).

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