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Bridget Jones’s husband must die – how the women of our rom coms must lose love to find it again

In the first three Bridget Jones films, the eponymous chaotic heroine has been on a seemingly endless quest to not be single. We have watched her win, lose and secure again the heart of buttoned-up human rights lawyer Mark Darcy. Sadly, the cycle must continue, and in the newest and…

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

Jan from Fear: What happened to the real life stalker and where is he now?

Prime Video's Fear is based on a terrifying true story - we look at who the real stalker was and what happened to him in reality

Woman & Home · Mar 6, 2025

Jennifer Johnston obituary

Prizewinning author who wrote elliptical, needle-sharp novels about family, Irish history and the Troubles

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025

Paying attention to how multilingual children read can help foster reading for pleasure for all

Just 34.6% of children in the UK read for pleasure, according to a 2024 survey by the National Literacy Trust. This is the lowest number since the annual survey began in 2005 – down from 43.4% in the previous year.

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

Time Together by Luke Horton review – old friends, new tensions in this compelling study of middle age

A beach holiday is narrated by four different characters as they struggle to slough off their personal ghosts

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2025

OPINION - World Book Day and the costumes from hell: why it's time we abolished this festival of stress

Is there any horror to compare with World Book Day horror? I’m over it all myself because my daughter is at secondary school and they don’t get you to dress up at The Very Hungry Caterpillar there.

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Voices: Let’s end the performative hell of compulsory World Book Day costumes

I’m not saying social media is fetishising the act of reading as a nostalgic, middle class pursuit regardless of the child’s actual interests, but what I am saying is there are an awful lot of Pippi Longstocking outfits on Instagram, writes Emma Kernahan

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

JRR Tolkien’s new letters reveal how irritable he could be

‘She reduced my manuscript to nonsense’ reads one letter as new archive sheds light on writer’s creative process

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

Captain Tom's daughter claims 'nothing dishonest' about charity as she apologises if public 'feel misled'

Hannah Ingram-Moore discusses storm around family’s handling of charity set up in Covid hero’s name

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter accuses her mother of ‘not wanting to hear’ she was a victim of her father too

Caroline Darian has written a new book So That We May Remember about the Dominique Pelicot rape scandal

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025