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Nottingham betting shop staff member spat on in 'disgusting' assault

The suspect also grabbed a stool -as if he planned to throw it towards or use it to hit the staff member

Nottingham Post · Feb 13, 2023

Feminist writer Roxane Gay announces first live show in Scotland

Feminist author and cultural critic Roxane Gay has announced her first-ever live show in Scotland.

The National (Scotland) · Feb 13, 2023

‘Best works ignored, women writers never got proper literary assessment’

It was a riot of words, laughter and a little bit of male bashing as writers Rakhshanda Jalil, Mridula Garg and Swapna Liddle came together for the session — Delhi and women writers down the years: How writing changed — moderated by Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr at Times Litfest 2023.

The Times of India · Feb 13, 2023

‘Subcontinent yet to learn Partition lessons’

None of the countries in the Indian subcontinent are at peace today and lessons from the Partition are yet to be learned, author and historian Aanchal Malhotra said at the Times Litfest.

The Times of India · Feb 13, 2023

B-schools only tell you how to get a job, says Ashneer Grover

Nothing seems to faze Ashneer Grover. Not the lawsuits for alleged cheating and embezzlement filed against him by BharatPe, the startup he co-founded. Not the dramatic exit from reality show Shark Tank India. Not even memes on his social media meltdowns.

The Times of India · Feb 13, 2023

‘East India Company was what Big Tech is today’

How did a corporation of merchants bring down and pauperise the subcontinent, a territory of immense wealth? “The more it recedes into memory, the weirder it becomes,” admitted William Dalrymple. “Looking at it now, it’s inconceivable, but you have to make the imaginative leap.”

The Times of India · Feb 13, 2023

Was It For This by Hannah Sullivan review – a poem for Grenfell

Sullivan ponders tragedy and the homes she has known in a collection full of insightful observation and anguished comedy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2023

Rare Shakespeare books to go on display across Scotland

THREE copies of the first printed edition of William Shakespeare’s plays will go on display in Scotland to mark 400 years since it was first…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 13, 2023

Valentine's Day: The Antidote to Heartbreak May Lie in the Power of Stories

Experts say it's possible to have a "healthy" breakup. Here's how to recover from the end of a relationship.

Inverse · Feb 12, 2023

In brief: If I Survive You; The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes; Home/Land – review

An impressive novel about a Jamaican family’s escape to the US; a fascinating investigation of a Victorian scrapbook; and a memoir about a post-Trump move to London from New York

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023