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Where to start with: Elizabeth Strout

A guide to the Pulitzer-winning novelist’s tales of small-town life, family secrets, and fraught relationships

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

Women’s prize for fiction 2025: six experts review the shortlisted novels

From a longlist of 16, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Women’s prize for fiction. Our experts review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on June 12.

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2025

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – characters that never grow old

Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton return, the former now in a retirement community, in the author’s understated but hugely rewarding study of small-town life

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

New North Lanarkshire Provost and Depute speak of their pride at new roles

Labour's Kenneth Duffy was elected as Provost while Bob Burgess of the Scottish Conservatives was elected as Depute Provost.

Daily Record · Aug 29, 2022

North Lanarkshire Council installs Labour provost and Tory depute

The votes completed the switch of control from the SNP and saw another councillor vote against her party

Daily Record · Aug 26, 2022

Wishaw fly-tipping becoming a real issue according to community council

Local councillors are working to get more done to combat the problem.

Daily Record · Jul 23, 2022

North Lanarkshire Council Election: Motherwell, Wishaw and Shotts analysis

The area's results see nine new members joining the local authority for the first time.

Daily Record · May 7, 2022

Conservatives succeed in gaining support for greater police presence in North Lanarkshire school campuses

The motion, presented at the final meeting of the council’s term, was presented by Councillors Bob Burgess and Colin Cameron

Daily Record · Apr 5, 2022