33 h. ago Who could be the next Prime Minister? Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting among bookies' favourites

Should Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership topple, Streeting and Burnham are just two of the names being thrown in the hat to proceed him

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41 h. ago I’ve already read 36 books this year, but this is my standout favourite

This could be the best debut of the year

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3 d. ago I have visited 27 Caribbean islands and I guarantee I know the best one for you to visit... whether you're a foodie, beach lover or just looking for the best spot for your family

Deciding where to put your toes in the sand this winter is a lot of fun, but to make things easier here are my ten favourite Caribbean islands - and which to book depending on your preferences.

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4 d. ago 'I'm an author — these are five of my favourite books I always recommend to others'

Maddie Martinez, author of The Maiden and Her Monster, has shared five of her top book recommendations

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9 d. ago Beloved Midsomer Murders star among favourites to replace detective as female lead

A Midsomer Murders star is one of the bookmakers' favourites to replace Daniel Casey as DS Gavin Troy in the new stage play of the ITV drama

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9 d. ago Midsomer Murders star 'set to return' to replace beloved detective as female lead

Midsomer Murders star Kirsty Dillon is one of the bookmakers' favourites to replace Daniel Casey as DS Gavin Troy in the new stage play of the ITV drama

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1 week ago In Australia, racist violence is nothing new. But emboldened neo

The so-called ‘March for Australia’ echoed the Cronulla race riots – and not by accident. Are we seeing history repeating, or the start of something worse?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe text messages circulating around Sydney’s Sutherland shire in early December 2005 explained precisely the purpose of the gathering. “Just a reminder that Cronulla’s 1st wog bashing day is still on this Sunday,” one read. “Chinks bashing day is on the 27th and the Jews are booked in for early January.”On Sunday 11 December, more than 5,000 people, mostly young men, swarmed Cronulla beach. They wore Australian flags as capes, they had drawn the Eureka flag on their bodies. They were drinking alcohol and they were chanting – and they were beating up anyone who wasn’t white. Continue reading...

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1 week ago I read every day — these 8 books are the best I've read in 2025

Some are recent releases, others are classics but they're all worth reading

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1 week ago Rumaan Alam: ‘Reading JD Salinger now is like running into that particular ex at a cafe’

The US author on his early love of Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, the genius of Judy Blume, and finding perfection in Agatha Christie and Gustave FlaubertMy earliest reading memory I recall lying in the bath, age seven or eight, reading the final page of Judy Blume’s Starring Sally J Freedman As Herself, then turning to the novel’s opening and beginning again. Memory is untrustworthy, but Blume is a genius who has that effect on her reader.My favourite book growing up We’re always growing up; we’re always choosing a new favourite. For me, once, this was Louise Fitzhugh’s Harriet the Spy. Later I’d have said JD Salinger’s Nine Stories. Later, still, John Cheever’s Collected Stories, Lorrie Moore’s Self-Help, Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, my favourite changing as I did. Maybe I’m finally old enough to understand that favourite is impossible to designate. Or maybe I’d say my current favourite is Don DeLillo’s Underworld. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Comic Con brings cosplay fun to East Kilbride this September Weekend

The BGCP organised showcase will feature free meet and greet opportunities with your favourite comic book characters.

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1 week ago Angela Rayner's reputation as 'scandal magnet' could kill chances of becoming PM, allies fear

The Deputy Prime Minister is among the bookies' favourites to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as Labour's approval ratings continue to slump under his leadership.

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2 w. ago ITV star frontrunner to replace iconic Midsomer Murders detective after show exit

An ITV star is the bookies' favourite to replace Daniel Casey as DS Gavin Troy in the Midsomer Murders new stage play

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2 w. ago 'I'm an author — these are five of my favourite books of all time I always recommend'

An author has named some of their favourite reads of all time - and there's something for everyone, whatever your preferred genre

Culture

2 w. ago Rebecca F Kuang: ‘A Tale of Two Cities is deeply silly camp – I love it!’

The US writer on being switched on to romance by Sally Rooney, the magic of David Mitchell and the joy of Jean-Paul SartreMy favourite book growing up Brian Jacques’s Redwall (and all its sequels). All I wanted was to be a squirrel in the Mossflower Woods!The books that changed me as a teenager I read China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station and The City & the City when I was in college. I had been falling out of love with fantasy – I felt too old for Redwall, and I thought I’d outgrown the genre – but Miéville’s work opened the door to the enormous world of adult fantasy literature that grappled with the problems I was now interested in. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago New Bond odds puts surprise choice back as frontrunner as 'punters' clear favourite' is revealed

The actor, 42, who very narrowly missed out on playing the iconic character to Daniel Craig, has been in the running for the past few years.

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3 w. ago I’ve already read 35 books this year, but this is my standout favourite

This could be the best debut of the year

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4 w. ago These are my 5 favourite books that can be read in less than a day

From Claire Keegan's ‘Small Things Like These’ to Vincenzo Latronico's ‘Perfection’, these novellas are less than 200 pages

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4 w. ago Coronation Street star tipped for I'm A Celebrity jungle after quitting ITV soap

Coronation Street star Adam Hussain could be about sign up for the jungle as he has become a favourite of the bookies to brave the reality show amid his soap exit

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