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Who is Omid Scobie? Endgame author at centre of royal race row claims

Piers Morgan names royals cited in Dutch translation of book as he invites Scobie to appear on his show

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on utopias: news from nowhere can help us here and now

Editorial: The Booker prize has gone to a dystopian vision of a totalitarian Ireland. But imagined futures needn’t always be bleak

The Guardian - UK

Writer Omid Scobie accused of ‘stunt to sell books’ over naming of race row royals

Copies of Omid Scobie’s book were pulled from the shelves in the Netherlands on publication day on Tuesday

Evening Standard

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The 5 biggest claims from Endgame, the explosive new royal book from Omid Scobie

It has been making a lot of headlines this week

Marie Claire

Candace Bushnell, Real-Life Carrie Bradshaw, Is Creating a Reality Dating Show for Women in their 50s

Bushnell is working on the show with the same production company behind ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians.’

Marie Claire

Children’s books show rise in racially minoritised characters, survey finds

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education records a 26% increase since its first report in 2017, but stresses continuing inequities in representation

The Guardian - UK

Royals and race: inquiry under way into naming of Charles and Catherine in new book

Dutch version of book pulped after king and duchess named as speculating about skin colour of Harry and Meghan’s son, in pages on ‘unconscious bias’

The Guardian - UK

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Prince William is 'sick of dealing' with the fallout from Omid Scobie's new book

He could have done without this one

Marie Claire

Eileen movie review: desire runs riot in this Ottessa Moshfegh adaptation

Eileen is the drabbest of them all... until glamourous new prison psychiatrist Rebecca comes swanning into town, that is

Evening Standard

Piers Morgan doubles down after naming ‘racist royals’ identified in Scobie’s Endgame

The Dutch translation of journalist Omid Scobie’s book inadvertently named two ‘royal racists’

The Independent UK

Omid Scobie responds to Piers Morgan’s scathing Endgame takedown

Scobie’s new book ‘Endgame’ is full of explosive revelations about ‘the Firm’

The Independent UK

Waterstones Book of the Year 2023: Katherine Rundell wins top prize with Impossible Creatures

The book was described as “as close to perfect as fiction gets: immaculate world-building, dazzling storytelling, and adventure galore"

Evening Standard

Teen Loves To Throw His Debit Card At Service Workers, Learns Why It’s Wrong The Hard Way

An entitled teen keeps disrespecting cashiers by throwing his card at them when he has to pay, gets taught a lesson he didn't expect and definitely won't forget. The post Teen Loves To Throw His Debit Card At Service Workers, Learns Why It’s Wrong The Hard Way first appeared on…

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Rude MPs, winning books and duos falling out – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Topographia Hibernica by Blindboy Boatclub review – craic of doom

Pathos and comedy combine in an energetic collection of tales from one half of the Rubberbandits

The Independent UK

Omid Scobie’s Endgame: How could the Dutch translation ‘mistake’ happen?

While a translation error has been blamed, questions have been raised as to how such an embarrassing mistake could have been allowed into print

The Independent UK

Britney Spears confirms fans’ suspicions that ‘something’s going on’ as sister Jamie Lynn exits I’m a Celeb

Pop star shares cryptic post as her younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, quits ‘I’m a Celeb’

Evening Standard

Piers Morgan unrepentant after naming royals who 'asked about Prince Archie's skin colour'

The broadcaster named members of the royal family said to have asked about the colour of Prince Archie's skin before he was born

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The Guardian - UK

Brooklyn Crime Novel by Jonathan Lethem review – death of a neighbourhood

This kaleidoscopic fictionalised memoir is a compelling chronicle of gentrification, filled with a melancholy humour

International Business Times UK

King Charles III, Kate Middleton Are The 'Racist' Royals Named In 'Endgame' Book

Piers Morgan namedropped the two senior royals on his "Uncensored" TV show following the book's release on November 28.

France 24

Death of Henry Kissinger: From WWII refugee to the nexus of US political power

Henry Alfred Kissinger was a German-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazi regime with his family as a teen in 1938, eventually settling in New York City. He went on to serve as national security adviser, secretary of state or as a special adviser in five US presidential administrations, becoming…

The Guardian - AU

The Crunch: the rise of SUVs; young people feel cost-of-living bite; and a spotlight on global heating and Cop28

Welcome to the first edition of The Crunch.

Salon

Why royal tell-all book has been pulled

The book was already controversial, but now information in the Dutch version could be disastrous

The Guardian - UK

Katherine Rundell wins Waterstones book of 2023 with ‘immediate classic’

Impossible Creatures, about a realm where all the creatures of myth still live, was declared ‘as close to perfect as fiction gets’ by the retailer’s head of books

Chicago Sun-Times

Arthur Williams, beloved circulation desk worker at the Brookfield Library, dies at 52

“I’d skip the self-checkout when Arthur was there,” one library patron said

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