8 h. ago Palestine Book Awards 2025: Winners Announced in London Ceremony

Palestine Book Awards 2025: Winners Announced in London Ceremony  Middle East Monitor

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36 h. ago Youngsters honoured at special North Ayrshire Council awards ceremony

“It was an honour to meet all of the finalists and winners on the day.”

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61 h. ago Ewan McGregor and David Tennant among stars attending Bafta Scotland awards this weekend

The annual ceremony is to honour McGregor with an uutstanding contribution award

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3 d. ago Celebrating literature is good – but I’m running out of patience with celebrity book clubs | Emma Brockes

Sarah Jessica Parker swept all before her at the Booker prize ceremony, but is fame the best way to encourage reading?In these turbulent times, we take small joys where we can find them. And this week we’ll take this: the spectacle of various literary people at the Booker prize award ceremony jamming themselves into photos alongside Sarah Jessica Parker. The actor – if you missed the long piece about it in the New York Times, or the many social media posts promoting Parker’s involvement – served as a judge for the Booker this year, a process that required her to read 153 books, some of them on the New York subway while being followed by a film crew. “Oh let me try!!!!” Parker had posted to Booker organisers last year, and for reasons that became obvious this week, they did.I know what you are going to say; that anything short of full-throated support for Parker’s adorable engagement with books in general and the Booker prize in particular is just unacceptable snobbery. There is noth...

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3 d. ago Should I care what Sarah Jessica Parker thinks about books? | Emma Brockes

She swept all before her at the Booker prize ceremony, but I’m running out of patience with celebrity influence in publishingIn these turbulent times, we take small joys where we can find them. And this week we’ll take this: the spectacle of various literary people at the Booker prize award ceremony jamming themselves into photos alongside Sarah Jessica Parker. The actor – if you missed the long piece about it in the New York Times, or the many social media posts promoting Parker’s involvement – served as a judge for the Booker this year, a process that required her to read 153 books, some of them on the New York subway while being followed by a film crew. “Oh let me try!!!!” Parker had posted to Booker organisers last year, and for reasons that became obvious this week, they did.I know what you are going to say; that anything short of full-throated support for Parker’s adorable engagement with books in general and the Booker prize in particular is just unacceptable snobbery. There ...

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4 d. ago The Greater Manchester pubs named amongst the country's best at awards ceremony

'This has motivated us more than ever'

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4 d. ago ‘We were effectively props’: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’

Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and a lack of support from the beginningVideo games have long struggled with diversification and inclusivity, so it was no surprise when the Game Awards host and producer Geoff Keighley announced the Future Class programme in 2020. Its purpose was to highlight a cohort of individuals working in video games as the “bright, bold and inclusive future” of the industry.Considering the widespread reach of the annual Keighley-led show, which saw an estimated 154m livestreams last year, Future Class felt like a genuine effort. Inductees were invited to attend the illustrious December ceremony, billed as “gaming’s Oscars”, featured on the official Game Awards website, and promised networking opportunities and career advancement advice. However, the programme reportedly struggled from the start. Ove...

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5 d. 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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8 d. ago Scotland's Health Awards 2025: Full list of winners after dazzling ceremony celebrating nation's health heroes

Winners across 17 categories were awarded in a glittering and emotional night.

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9 d. ago Gorka Marquez defends Gemma Atkinson after 'wedding dress' confusion

Gemma addressed backlash to her wearing what could appear to be a 'wedding dress' to a recent awards ceremony

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1 week ago Helen Mirren to receive Golden Globe lifetime achievement award

The multiple Bafta, Emmy, Globe and Oscar-winning actor will receive the film prize in recognition of her ‘transcendent performances and commitment to her craft’Helen Mirren, the British actor who is already the winner of awards including an Oscar, four Baftas, three Golden Globes, five Emmys and a Tony is to add another to the shelf: the Cecil B DeMille Golden Globe for lifetime achievement.Mirren, 80, who was given a damehood in 2003 and made a Bafta fellow in 2014, will pick up the award in a ceremony on 8 January, three days before the main Golden Globes take place, as part of an event billed by the Globes as the “Golden Eve”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Stirling musician shares impact of brutal gang attack ahead of award night

The artist, who records under the title Constant Follower, has been put forward for the SAY Awards for a third time - with the big ceremony in Scottish music taking place tomorrow.

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1 week ago Feuding stars Olivia Attwood and Maura Higgins wear VERY similar sheer dresses as they go braless for Glamour Awards

OLIVIA Attwood and Maura Higgins donned very similar semi-sheer LBD's as they stepped out at a swanky awards ceremony in New York. The former Love Island stars - who have been locked in a high-profile clash centred on their near-identical "copycat" careers - appear to have the same taste in high-end fashion, too. Previously, Olivia,...

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1 week ago East Ayrshire's most beautiful gardens recognised at awards ceremony

A special awards ceremony was held at the Council’s headquarters in Kilmarnock.

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1 week ago Irvine councillor celebrated as one of Scotland’s 30 Under 30

This year’s list includes 25-year-old Chloé Robertson, who serves as a councillor for Irvine on North Ayrshire Council.

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1 week ago Kate Middleton's 'real reason' for not joining Prince William on historic Brazil trip

With the Prince of Wales kicking off a day of engagements in Brazil ahead of Wednesday night’s Earthshot Awards ceremony, he will be making the journey solo as the Princess of Wales remains in the UK

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1 week ago 'I'm working with Prince William on vital project and saw the real him behind the scenes'

Ahead of this week’s Earthshot Prize awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Prince William's long-term colleague offered a glimpse into the royal’s motivations behind the scenes

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1 week ago 'I work with Prince William on vital project and he shows true colours behind the scenes'

Prince William's colleague revealed insights into the royal's behind-the-scenes motivations ahead of his appearance at The Earthshot Prize awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this week

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1 week ago The 'fantastic' new Scottish distillery that's been named best in the country

A brand new Scottish distillery has taken home the top accolade at a national awards ceremony.

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1 week ago Prince William heads to Brazil for 'exciting' Earthshot Prize 2026 ahead of awards ceremony

After a tumultuous period for the royal family, dealing with the consuming alleged sex abuse scandal involving the former prince Andrew, William hopes to shift the focus on his tour of Brazil

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