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Karen Pirie season 2: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

Karen Pirie season 2 sees Karen reinvestigate the 1984 kidnapping of a heiress...

WhatToWatch · Jun 13, 2024

Hurdy Gurdy by Jenny Ackland review – a toothless abortion tale

If novels like this one are feminist – and that’s a slippery question – then it feels like a masochistic kind of empowerment

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2024

Happy Pride month to everyone! Except the landlords and asset managers bleeding dry queer culture

Asset managers are hoovering up Britain’s LGBTQ+ venues, with potentially disastrous consequences for the gay scene, says senior data analyst Adam Almeida

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Stranger than fiction: Florida school board bans a book about book bans after Moms for Liberty crusade

The book tells the story of a fictional fourth grader who runs a secret library of banned books

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024

Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board's authority over public school libraries

The Oklahoma State Supreme Court has rejected the state Board of Education's attempt to determine what books are available in public school libraries

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024

26 Newest “Yes, But” Comics That Continue To Expose Our Society’s Contradictory Nature

Anton Gudim is back on Bored Panda with his brilliant "Yes, But" comics. The post 26 Newest “Yes, But” Comics That Continue To Expose Our Society’s Contradictory Nature first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jun 12, 2024

Parade by Rachel Cusk review: a daring work of experimentation that strikes out against conformity

Rachel Cusk is an author some British reviewers love to hate. Take her new book for example, one reviewer at the Times derided the author as “one of our truly world-class misérables”, trivialising and reviling what she calls “a plotless, introspective book about how hard it is to be Rachel…

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2024

Why not celebrate Taylor Swift and her talent, instead of denigrating her?

Letters: Readers take issue with letters that were patronising, or claimed not to have heard of the pop phenomenon

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

Dame Kelly Holmes stuns in menswear, showcasing the power of tailoring with striking before and after shots

The British athlete nailed chic tailoring with a pair of statement heels

Woman & Home · Jun 12, 2024

Meghan Markle’s American Riviera Orchard lifestyle brand name used to sell adult colouring books

The colouring books have already sold out

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024