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Woman tells inquest she heard two screams on night Noah Donohoe disappeared

Noah, a pupil of St Malachy’s College, was 14 when he was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020

Evening Standard · Feb 4

JK Rowling denies inviting Jeffrey Epstein to Harry Potter premiere

‘I never met, communicated with or invited Jeffrey Epstein to anything,’ author said

The Independent UK · Feb 4

‘Cancel culture’: Teltumbde’s session at Kala Ghoda scrapped amid objections from Hindutva accounts

Organisers of Mumbai’s famous Kala Ghoda Arts Festival have cancelled a book discussion featuring scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde on the orders of the Mumbai Police. Participants of this discussion have also been instructed to delete all social media posts related to the event, according to a report…

Newslaundry · Feb 4

The Rat Trap at the Park Theatre: a must-see for Noel Coward completists

3/5 Bill Rosenfield has finessed Noel Coward’s teenage play, where radical social ideas bubble beneath brittle humour

Evening Standard · Feb 3

Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’, to publish book from prison

Unbroken: In Pursuit of Freedom for Palestine is a collection of writings by the Palestinian political leader, who has been held in Israeli prisons since 2002

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3

J.K. Rowling Breaks Her Silence On Jeffrey Epstein Accusations

J.K. Rowling responded to a message that said she was “sending invitations” to Jeffrey Epstein “10 years after he was convicted.”

Bored Panda · Feb 3

Jilly Cooper made everyone feel special – and her memorial was the perfect tribute

It featured the queen, Rupert Everett and horses paying their respects, amid a combination of romance, absurdity and delight at Southwark Cathedral last week, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3

White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold

The author of The North Water vividly captures bleak beauty and brutish appetites on an 18th-century expedition into the frozen wilds of Canada

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3

The Good Society by Kate Pickett review – the Spirit Level author takes stock

A whistle-stop tour of the greatest hits of progressive policy fails to take account of a central conundrum

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3

From moorland to Margot: what 179 years of Wuthering Heights covers can teach designers today

Experts discuss what we can learn.

Creative Bloq · Feb 3