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Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist dominated by debut novelists as judges name books that ‘profoundly moved us’

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The shortlist for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction has been revealed – and four of the six novels to have made the cut are debut works. Addie E Citchens and Virginia Evans are nominated for their respective works, Dominion and The Correspondent, while Marcia Hutchinson has been recognised for The Mercy Step and Rozie Kelly for Kingfisher. The foursome are joined on the shortlist by two established American novelists – Susan Choi, who is nominated for her sixth book, Flashlight, and Lily King, whose seventh book Heart the Lover follows a university love triangle that is reignited years later. This year’s judging panel is being chaired by the former prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, who has hailed all of the shortlisted authors for penning novels that “intrigued and profoundly moved” the judges. The nominees for this year’s Women’s Prize …

‘We have been profoundly let down’: Voters in one of Labour’s safest seats consider switching sides

Published by Sam Flores

Until recently, lunchtime on a Thursday would have been a manic period for Steven Lightbrown, with a queue out of the door for fish and chips, pies and fritters. But since the closure of the steelworks in Port Talbot in September 2024, the takeaway business that his father established 40 years ago in the industrial community of Taibach has taken a “massive hit”, losing almost half of its trade. Locals remain loyal customers, but the drop in trade has forced Mr Lightbrown to reduce his hours at Steve’s Fish Bar to four days a week. “Businesses have been heavily affected with the lack of people coming,” he tells The Independent. “It’s affected morale, steelworkers were my main trade. A lot of workers have now left the area, some have gone up to Hinkley Point, others have gone up to Trostre Steelworks.” Steve Lightbrown’s fish shop has lost 40 per cent of its trade (Supplied) It has been 20 months since Tata Steel turned off the blast furnaces in the south Wales industrial town, with 2,000 …

Tim Davie says the BBC ‘profoundly regrets’ racial slur incident at Baftas

Published by Sam Flores

In a response letter to Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the CMS Committee, Davie said: “I’d like to make clear: although the racial slur was symptomatic of a disability and an involuntary tic, it should never have been broadcast. It was a genuine mistake, and we take full responsibility for our error.” Source link

BBC ‘profoundly regrets’ BAFTAs incident, says director general Tim Davie | Ents & Arts News

Published by Daniella Wilson

The BBC regrets its “serious mistake” during the BAFTAs broadcast, the corporation’s outgoing director general Tim Davie has said. During the ceremony, as Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award on stage, a racial slur was shouted out by Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, who was there to celebrate a film about his life. The BBC failed to cut the slur from its broadcast of the 22 February event, and viewers could see the offending moment for more than 12 hours before the programme was taken down from BBC iPlayer. In a letter to Dame Caroline Dinenage, chairwoman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Mr Davie said the BBC made a “genuine mistake” in allowing the racial slur to be broadcast. He said: “I want to assure you that the BBC profoundly regrets the events around the broadcast of the BAFTAs on Sunday 22 February. “The BBC has apologised for the serious mistake that was made, in allowing a racial slur to be broadcast and then remain on iPlayer overnight …

Trump’s Gaza Plans Are Profoundly Unserious

Published by José Betancourt

President Trump has extravagant plans for the Gaza Strip. The only problem is that they bear no connection to the grim realities on the ground—nor is there much prospect that the two will align in the foreseeable future. Trump has declared that the cease-fire in Gaza—such as it is, given that Hamas continues to attack Israeli forces, and Israeli strikes continue to kill Palestinians—has now entered Phase 2. But the only sign of progress has been Israel’s agreement to reopen the small crossing between Gaza and Egypt for individual Palestinians seeking medical care or other necessities. And that development came mainly in response to the recovery of the body of the final Israeli hostage held in Gaza, rather than from any plan of Trump’s. Washington has, in fact, unveiled an elaborate “master plan” for the reconstruction of Gaza. It is profoundly unserious. It promises industrial parks, educational centers, residential zones, and beach resorts, likely inspired by cities such as Dubai and Singapore. But those cities evolved through decades of careful urban planning. Gaza is, at …

When You Learn How Low the 2025 Murder Rate Was, You’ll Realize How Profoundly the Media Has Failed the American People

Published by José Betancourt

The headlines of 2025 painted a portrait of America in chaos, driven by the financial logic of America’s media ecosystem. It’s number one product isn’t news, but fear. “NYC youth crime doubled since controversial state Raise the Age Law kicked in,” exclaims one hysterical New York Post headline from September. “Business owners express frustration over crime surge in Federal Hill,” reads a banner from FOX45 News, a local outlet in Baltimore. “Office shooter’s rampage shows terrifying rise of motive-free violence, experts warn,” goes a Fox News heading from August. The scary headlines were all underscored by inflammatory rhetoric from the Trump administration, which continued to insist that America’s cities are crime-ridden hell holes well into the new year. Selective media coverage of crime certainly isn’t a new phenomenon, though it’s worth revisiting — especially because new data suggests 2025 was actually one of the least violent years for the US in over a century. According to fresh Council on Criminal Justice crime statistics, Axios reports, murder rates fell 21 percent last year across the 35 …

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