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Monty Don signs off after 23 years on Gardeners’ WorldCulture & Literature

Monty Don signs off after 23 years on Gardeners’ World

By Sohaib Shams Monty Don has presented his final episode of Gardeners’ World, ending a 23-year tenure as host...

M&S Christmas Ad Wins Praise with 'Hot Santa' James NortonCulture & Literature

M&S Christmas Ad Wins Praise with 'Hot Santa' James Norton

By Islam El-Sakka Marks & Spencer’s 2026 Christmas advertisement has been widely praised online, with viewers ...

David Olusoga on History, Empathy and LegacyCulture & Literature

David Olusoga on History, Empathy and Legacy

By Basant El-Faramawy BAFTA-winning historian David Olusoga has reflected on the people and moments that shape...

Booker Prize Winner Expected to Boost Sales ImmediatelyCulture & Literature

Booker Prize Winner Expected to Boost Sales Immediately

By Islam El-Sakka Booksellers anticipate a significant sales surge for the upcoming Booker Prize winner, descr...

Mary Shelley's Former Home Where Frankenstein Was Completed Hits MarketCulture & Literature

Mary Shelley's Former Home Where Frankenstein Was Completed Hits Market

By Fatma Younis The Grade II-listed townhouse in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, where Mary Shelley completed her nov...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Offers Rent-Free London Flat to PlaywrightsCulture & Literature

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Offers Rent-Free London Flat to Playwrights

By Fatma Younis Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator of Fleabag, has purchased and donated a rent-free flat in London...

Godzilla Minus Zero Director Fulfills Childhood Dream of Destroying HometownCulture & Literature

Godzilla Minus Zero Director Fulfills Childhood Dream of Destroying Hometown

By Basant El-Faramawy Godzilla Minus Zero director Takashi Yamazaki has fulfilled a childhood dream 55 years i...

Booker Prize remains powerful sales driver, booksellers sayCulture & Literature

Booker Prize remains powerful sales driver, booksellers say

By Karim Hammam The Booker Prize continues to be a major sales catalyst for fiction, booksellers say ahead of ...

Jason Sudeikis Picks Notre Dame-Miami Game on ESPN College GameDayCulture & Literature

Jason Sudeikis Picks Notre Dame-Miami Game on ESPN College GameDay

By Salma El-Sakka Emmy-winning actor Jason Sudeikis, best known for playing the optimistic soccer coach in App...

Johnny Marr's Post-Smiths Fender Stratocaster Heads to AuctionCulture & Literature

Johnny Marr's Post-Smiths Fender Stratocaster Heads to Auction

By Salma El-Sakka A white Fender American Vintage 1962 Reissue Stratocaster played by Johnny Marr after his de...

Iconic Film Memorabilia Auction Features Batman Batpod, Indiana Jones HatCulture & Literature

Iconic Film Memorabilia Auction Features Batman Batpod, Indiana Jones Hat

By Salma El-Sakka Propstore's Winter Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction will offer more than 1,400 lots ac...

Dickens' Writing Chalet Added to Heritage at Risk RegisterCulture & Literature

Dickens' Writing Chalet Added to Heritage at Risk Register

By Fatma Younis A Swiss chalet where Charles Dickens wrote several of his later novels, including his final un...

Historic Marlow townhouse where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein listed for £800,000Culture & Literature

Historic Marlow townhouse where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein listed for £800,000

By Sohaib Shams The Grade-II listed townhouse in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, where Mary Shelley completed her nov...

Exploring Canada's Group of Seven Landscapes in Ontario and OttawaCulture & Literature

Exploring Canada's Group of Seven Landscapes in Ontario and Ottawa

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Travel writer Rory Buccheri traced the footsteps of the Group of Seven, Canada's famed ear...

Casey McQuiston Celebrates Texas Election Results Mirroring Novel PlotCulture & Literature

Casey McQuiston Celebrates Texas Election Results Mirroring Novel Plot

By Sohaib Shams Author Casey McQuiston has reacted with satisfaction after Democratic victories in the 2026 Te...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Offers Rent-Free London Flat to PlaywrightsCulture & Literature

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Offers Rent-Free London Flat to Playwrights

By Basant El-Faramawy Phoebe Waller-Bridge has purchased and donated a rent-free flat in London for early-care...

Alexander the Great Biography Wins Baillie Gifford Nonfiction PrizeCulture & Literature

Alexander the Great Biography Wins Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize

By Karim Hammam Edmund Richardson's biography "Alexander: God, King, Man" has won the prestigious Baillie Giff...

Bob Dylan meets Pope Leo XIV at VaticanCulture & Literature

Bob Dylan meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican

By Islam El-Sakka Bob Dylan visited Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Wednesday during a break between concert da...

Bob Dylan Meets Pope Leo XIV at VaticanCulture & Literature

Bob Dylan Meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican

By Basant El-Faramawy American singer-songwriter and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vat...

Bob Dylan Meets Pope Leo at Vatican in Hooded SweatshirtCulture & Literature

Bob Dylan Meets Pope Leo at Vatican in Hooded Sweatshirt

By Salma El-Sakka Bob Dylan met with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, wearing a black c...

Strictly Come Dancing 2026 Struggles With Ratings Drop and Format ChangesCulture & Literature

Strictly Come Dancing 2026 Struggles With Ratings Drop and Format Changes

By Basant El-Faramawy BBC's flagship entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing is facing its most challenging s...

Celebrities Hail Democrats' Historic Midterm VictoryCulture & Literature

Celebrities Hail Democrats' Historic Midterm Victory

By Fatma Younis Celebrities across entertainment and music celebrated the Democratic Party's historic victory ...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Donates London Flat to Support Early-Career WritersCulture & Literature

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Donates London Flat to Support Early-Career Writers

By Islam El-Sakka Phoebe Waller-Bridge has donated a London flat to a new scheme helping early-career writers ...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Donates Rent-Free London Flat to Emerging WritersCulture & Literature

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Donates Rent-Free London Flat to Emerging Writers

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has purchased and donated a London flat to be used re...

Writer Joe Barton Created Netflix Hit 'Black Doves' in Six DaysCulture & Literature

Writer Joe Barton Created Netflix Hit 'Black Doves' in Six Days

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Joe Barton, the writer behind Netflix's spy thriller Black Doves, conceived the series aft...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Offers Rent-Free Flat to Emerging WritersCulture & Literature

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Offers Rent-Free Flat to Emerging Writers

By Basant El-Faramawy Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator of Fleabag, has purchased and donated a London flat to be ...

Collins Dictionary Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the YearCulture & Literature

Collins Dictionary Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the Year

By Salma El-Sakka Collins English Dictionary has named "mogging" as its word of the year for 2026, highlightin...

John Lewis Christmas Ad Criticized as Out of Touch Amid Cost CrisisCulture & Literature

John Lewis Christmas Ad Criticized as Out of Touch Amid Cost Crisis

By Islam El-Sakka John Lewis's latest Christmas advertisement has divided viewers, with critics accusing its l...

UK government rules out permanent return of Elgin Marbles to GreeceCulture & Literature

UK government rules out permanent return of Elgin Marbles to Greece

By Basant El-Faramawy The UK government has confirmed it will not permanently return the Elgin Marbles to Gree...

Sarah J Maas Novel Sets UK Sales Record for Adult FantasyCulture & Literature

Sarah J Maas Novel Sets UK Sales Record for Adult Fantasy

By Fatma Younis Sarah J Maas’s latest novel, “A Court of Splintered Harmony,” has become the fastest-selling a...

Collins Dictionary Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the YearCulture & Literature

Collins Dictionary Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the Year

By Sohaib Shams Collins Dictionary has selected "mogging" as its 2026 word of the year, highlighting a slang t...

Mogging Named Collins Dictionary Word of the YearCulture & Literature

Mogging Named Collins Dictionary Word of the Year

By Islam El-Sakka The term "mogging" has been named Collins English Dictionary's word of the year after a surg...

Collins Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the YearCulture & Literature

Collins Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the Year

By Salma El-Sakka "Mogging," a slang term meaning to playfully outshine or dominate someone, has been selected...

Unseen Tagore Family Archive Opens at Christie's MumbaiCulture & Literature

Unseen Tagore Family Archive Opens at Christie's Mumbai

By Sohaib Shams A previously unseen private family archive of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore has gone on p...

John Lewis Christmas advert criticised for ignoring cost-of-living crisisCulture & Literature

John Lewis Christmas advert criticised for ignoring cost-of-living crisis

By Basant El-Faramawy The 2026 John Lewis Christmas advertisement has drawn criticism for being out of touch w...

Philippe Jaenada Wins Prix Goncourt for 1949 Cold Case NovelCulture & Literature

Philippe Jaenada Wins Prix Goncourt for 1949 Cold Case Novel

By Sohaib Shams French author Philippe Jaenada has won the prestigious Prix Goncourt for his true crime novel ...

Eric Dane's Posthumous Memoir Offers Raw Lessons on Life and TimeCulture & Literature

Eric Dane's Posthumous Memoir Offers Raw Lessons on Life and Time

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Actor Eric Dane, best known for his roles on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Euphoria," completed hi...

Collins Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the YearCulture & Literature

Collins Names 'Mogging' 2026 Word of the Year

By Karim Hammam Collins English Dictionary has named "mogging" as its word of the year for 2026, citing a 210%...

John Lewis 2026 Christmas Ad Stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam FenderCulture & Literature

John Lewis 2026 Christmas Ad Stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Fender

By Karim Hammam John Lewis has launched its 20th Christmas advertisement, starring Dame Kristin Scott Thomas a...

National Gallery, Natural History Museum Among World's Most-Visited MuseumsCulture & Literature

National Gallery, Natural History Museum Among World's Most-Visited Museums

By Basant El-Faramawy The world's 20 most-visited museums have been revealed, with two United Kingdom institut...

AO3 Down for Weeks After Security Incident, Fans Build Emergency LibrariesCulture & Literature

AO3 Down for Weeks After Security Incident, Fans Build Emergency Libraries

By Fatma Younis The Archive of Our Own (AO3), the internet's largest fanfiction repository, has been offline s...

Claudia Winkleman teaches Nick Mohammed The Traitors stage hostingCulture & Literature

Claudia Winkleman teaches Nick Mohammed The Traitors stage hosting

By Salma El-Sakka Claudia Winkleman has given Nick Mohammed tips on hosting the upcoming West End stage adapta...

Blue Planet III Review: Attenborough Astonishes in New BBC SeriesCulture & Literature

Blue Planet III Review: Attenborough Astonishes in New BBC Series

By Ahmed Abdelsalam The third installment of the BBC's acclaimed nature series "Blue Planet III," narrated by ...

Michael Sheen Reacts to Celebrity Traitors Identities in Uncloaked FinaleCulture & Literature

Michael Sheen Reacts to Celebrity Traitors Identities in Uncloaked Finale

By Fatma Younis Michael Sheen discovered the identities of the remaining Celebrity Traitors during the final e...

James Acaster calls Celebrity Traitors exit a 'shocker' after surprise revealCulture & Literature

James Acaster calls Celebrity Traitors exit a 'shocker' after surprise reveal

By Islam El-Sakka Comedian James Acaster has described his exit from the 2026 series of Celebrity Traitors as ...

David Threlfall Cast as Sorting Hat Voice in HBO Harry Potter SeriesCulture & Literature

David Threlfall Cast as Sorting Hat Voice in HBO Harry Potter Series

By Karim Hammam HBO has announced that David Threlfall, known for his role as Frank Gallagher in the UK comedy...

Ghostwatch: BBC's 1992 Halloween Hoax That Caused PTSDCulture & Literature

Ghostwatch: BBC's 1992 Halloween Hoax That Caused PTSD

By Sohaib Shams On Halloween night in 1992, the BBC broadcast Ghostwatch, a purportedly live investigation int...

Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun debuts novel Public Access AfterworldCulture & Literature

Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun debuts novel Public Access Afterworld

By Salma El-Sakka American filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, known for the critically acclaimed horror films "I Saw t...

Germany's First Dachshund Art Exhibition Opens in BremenCulture & Literature

Germany's First Dachshund Art Exhibition Opens in Bremen

By Karim Hammam The humble dachshund takes center stage at a new exhibition in Germany exploring the breed's h...

Houdini Centennial: New Essay and Death ControversyCulture & Literature

Houdini Centennial: New Essay and Death Controversy

By Islam El-Sakka A century after his death, Harry Houdini remains a subject of fascination. A rare essay by t...