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Marie Kondo says she’s ‘kind of given up’ on cleaning after welcoming three children

The organisation guru welcomed her third child, a boy, in April 2021

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Mary McNamara: Pamela Anderson is a bad-ass, wrapped in an enigma inside a bombshell

If you're planning to write a memoir any time soon, you might want to contact a documentary filmmaker first.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 27, 2023

US charges 3 in plot to kill Iranian-American author

The Justice Department has charged three men in a plot to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses in Iran

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

'It stays with you for life': Denton Burn woman reflects on visit to Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day

Leanne Miah, 29, went on the trip with her youth group and she helped create a book chronicling the young people's experiences

Chronicle Live · Jan 27, 2023

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

Rhinos race on roller skates; a footballer finds his feet; magic goes wrong; and an influencer embraces life offline

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

Writers to be paid for audio, e-book loans

Australian writers will be paid when their digital publications are held in libraries, a $12.9 million measure that forms part of the national cultural policy.

AAP · Jan 27, 2023

Donald Trelford, former editor of The Observer, dies aged 85

The veteran journalist helmed the paper from 1975 to 1993.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Movie review: ‘Turn Every Page’ a fascinating safari with literary lions

What happens when two geniuses in their respective fields engage in a sometimes contentious, life-long collaboration? The answer to that question can be found in Lizzie Gottlieb’s “Turn Every Page — The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb” (Yes, Gottlieb is the director’s father). The film is a book…

Boston Herald · Jan 27, 2023

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is now an opera – the case for adaptating the book that the Auschwitz Museum said 'should be avoided'

Irish novelist John Boyne published his novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in 2006. The protagonist, eight-year-old German boy Bruno, has no idea that his father is the kommandant of a concentration camp during the second world war. Bruno and his family are sent to live with their father…

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2023

Mrs Hinch responds to fans as she issues an 'honest' family update

There has been some speculation the internet star is pregnant

Nottingham Post · Jan 27, 2023