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Businessman and philanthropist Martin Naughton dies aged 87

Tánaiste Simon Harris paid tribute to the ‘exceptional businessman, an incredible philanthropist and an all-round thoroughly good human being’.

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Meet the 'real' Riot Women: the band gigging through menopause

Sally Wainwright's new TV series is sure to inspire us all. Find out what it’s really like to be in a band during midlife

Woman & Home

Leona Lewis admits parenting struggles

Leona Lewis has daughter Carmel, three, with husband Dennis Jauch and revealed how much she has relied on her parents in order to successfully balance her personal and professional lives.

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Carmela's: London's next New York-style pizzeria will serve classic house pies in Islington

Pizzerias are opening in London at breakneck speed, with New York-style the restaurateurs’ choice

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'Alpha Predator' Sharks And Humans Clash On An Israeli Beach

With its golden sand and blue waters, the beach front in central Israel looks much like any other stretch of Mediterranean coast, but a closer look reveals something unusual peeking through the rippling surf: black shark fins.

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These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints

The Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, were canonised by Pope Francis on December 18.

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The moment I knew: I’d never felt a palm so sweaty. I was smitten

In a daggy Canadian nightclub, Clark Kent lookalike Clif asked Pilar Mitchell for a dance – and her life changed

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Mr Loverman: a beautifully realised TV drama that is faithful to the novel – with a few subtle changes

The first episode of the TV adaptation of Mr Loverman is preceded by the quotation: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Those words, voiced by protagonist Barry, belong to writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, from his 1962…

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Mr Loverman star Lennie James: ‘At the heart of this story is such a complex man!’

Lennie James on playing the lead in a six-part BBC adaptation of author Bernadine Evaristo's novel Mr Loverman.

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Mr Loverman review – magnificent TV that will tear your heart open

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke are exquisite in this bold, spiky tale of a gay man who starts to regret living a lie. The awards are sure to flood in

The Guardian - UK

‘I had a crush on him’: Bernardine Evaristo on writing Mr Loverman

Ahead of a BBC adaptation of her novel, the Booker-winning author reflects on failure, creative alchemy – and being consumed by her closeted seventysomething hero

The Guardian - UK

Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I’m grateful I was the first – but a Black woman hasn’t won the Booker prize since me’

The author of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’, who won the top literary prize in 2019, talks to Annabel Nugent about the moment in her career that made the world take notice, why she is channelling rage into energy, and her novel ‘Mr Loverman’ being adapted for the BBC

The Independent UK

Mr Loverman on BBC One review: this meandering adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's book is painfully slow

Any opportunity to bring Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke together is a good one. but this just feels wasted

Evening Standard

What to know about Mr Loverman, the new BBC show set to be an autumn hit

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‘Six spellbinding and thought-provoking novels’: why we chose the Women’s prize for fiction shortlist

From Sri Lanka to New South Wales and Shanghai, these wide-ranging stories are united by a compelling focus on women’s experience

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Alaa’s sad Mother’s Day after Israel’s war on Gaza killed her children

A mother and poet finds herself lost for words to process the loss of her four children this Mother’s Day.

Evening Standard

'I'm proud of my little girl': Leona Lewis on why motherhood is her greatest gift this Christmas

EXCLUSIVE The One More Sleep hit-maker opens up on her family's plans for the holidays as she prepares to join the panel on The Masked Singer: Christmas Special

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Netanyahu says war cabinet ‘working around the clock’ – as it happened

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Anne Enright’s bold new novel The Wren, The Wren is the work of a writer at the height of her power

In her essay Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown, published in 1924, Virginia Woolf famously proposed that the novel’s primary function is the expression of character. She presented the maxim: “it is only if the characters are real that the novel has any chance of surviving.”

The Independent UK

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright and The Girl In The Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff.

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The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review – the female gaze

A ferocious sendup of a self-satisfied Irish poet and a brilliantly honest portrait of the women he leaves behind

The Guardian - UK

The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright review – a supple, spellbinding scrutiny of familial relationships

A dead poet’s daughter and granddaughter must come to terms with his troubling legacy in the Booker winner’s bravura new novel about language and connection

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Mr Loverman: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and everything you need to know

Mr Loverman on BBC1 sees Lennie James play an exuberant and dapper pensioner who’s hiding a decades-long secret.

Evening Standard

Cuckoo at the Royal Court Theatre review: amusing but aimless play fails to take flight

Well acted and fluently directed but ultimately it’s all a bit baffling

Liverpool Echo

The Chase branded a 'fix' as Liverpool question answered 'wrongly'

Fans have accused the show of being "unfair" and "rigged"

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