The American author received ‘thousands of rejections’ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novel
Just as I am about to interview this year’s Women’s prize winner, deb…
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Rachel Nicholson obituary ⊕
My friend Rachel Nicholson, who has died aged 91, is known as an artist whose paintings possess rich colour, extraordinary focus and stillness, yet she only began making them in her 40s.
Rachel was bo…
Judge tells burglar he's 'not very good at this' after he left passport photo of himself at scene of botched break-in at £4m Belgravia mansion ⊖
Glen Banks, 57, had climbed through the window of a two-bedroom house in the exclusive London district when he was spotted by someone and fled. He also left a jacket with his DNA on it.
Police arrest 72 people for supporting proscribed terror group Palestine Action at protest outside court where four activists are being sentenced for raid on Israeli defence firm ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
More than 70 people supporting Palestine Action have been arrested outside Woolwich Crown Court in south-east London as a judge prepares to sentence four activists for a factory raid.
Dame Helen Mirren breaks her silence after being branded an 'evil Zionist' in London street confrontation as she brands her attacker 'over passionate or mentally not quite stable' ⊖⊖
Dame Helen Mirren has broken her silence after being branded an 'evil Zionist bitch' during a shocking street confrontation in London.
‘Anger burns off every bit of it’: the furious guerrilla-art response to the Epstein files ⊖⊖
This collection of ‘art meets theatre meets activism’ by more than 80 writers can feel overwhelming, writes our critic, but it devastatingly conveys the cumulative horror and anger of abuse against w…
London council takes possession of property linked to Sierra Leone's First Lady ○
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Southwark Council in south London takes possession of a property linked to Sierra Leone's Fatima Bio.
London mayor slams event touting illegal Israeli settlement land sales ⊖
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' promotes the sale of stolen Palestinian land in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
‘Windrush is a love story too’: Renell Shaw on paying homage to Black British life in his new jazz trilogy ⊕⊕
The Ivor Novello-winning musician has written works inspired by his family history. He talks about building music from testimony – and why the Windrush generation deserves new narratives
A briefcase-s…
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup ⊖
Not With a Bang by Temi Oh; Tillinghast by Clare Cavenagh; Atomic Coffin by Benedict Anning; The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden; Bad Things Happen Here by Mark Morris
Not With a Bang by Temi Oh (…