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Women’s prize for non-fiction: powerful biographies, moving histories and creative approaches to health – six experts review the shortlist

The Women’s prize for non-fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in narrative non-fiction written by women. This prize acknowledges that while great gains have been made in representation for women in fiction, their voices remain systemically underrepresented in non-fiction.

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Books by Lyse Doucet and Arundhati Roy make shortlist for Women's Prize for Nonfiction

Two books about hotels in wartime are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction

The Independent UK

Arundhati Roy and Lyse Doucet lead ‘exceptional’ Women’s prize for nonfiction shortlist

Roy’s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me and Doucet’s The Finest Hotel in Kabul are joined by books on exile by Ece Temelkuran and Judith Mackrell and an ode to the arts by Daisy Fancourt

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Arundhati Roy and Sarah Perry longlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction

Sixteen authors – including Lea Ypi, Lyse Doucet and Barbara Demick – are in contention for the £30,000 award, launched to address a historic gender imbalance in nonfiction prizes

The Guardian - UK

Nero Book Awards 2025 shortlist announced to celebrate outstanding literary talent

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The Independent UK

Ian McEwan among authors as shortlist for Nero Book Awards 2025 announced

Nominated writers include award-winning novelist Ian McEwan, art historian James Fox and best-selling authors Patrice Lawrence and Sarah Perry.

Evening Standard

Ian McEwan and BBC journalist named on Nero Book Awards 2025 shortlist

James Fox, Ben Pester, Rochelle Dowden-Lord and Claire Lynch are among the other nominees

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The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet review – a monument to Afghan resilience

A sweeping social history of Afghanistan is seen through the lens of Kabul’s InterContinental hotel, where staff endured the horrific realities of life in a war zone

The Guardian - UK

Yiyun Li and Barbara Demick among writers longlisted for Baillie Gifford prize

The 12 contenders for this year’s £50,000 nonfiction prize also include Lyse Doucet, Justin Marozzi, Frances Wilson, Adam LeBor and the Guardian’s Jason Burke

The Guardian - UK

News Fatigue Grips The Nation: Britain's Top Broadcasters Are Turning Away From Doom Headlines

Top UK broadcasters admit to avoiding the news, citing emotional burnout from constant negative headlines. Here's why even the media is switching off.

International Business Times UK

‘It’s so gloomy’: some of UK’s top broadcasters admit to avoiding news

Likes of Lyse Doucet and Jonathan Dimbleby say they have at times turned away from current affairs

The Guardian - UK

Hay Festival announces return of expert panel series The News Review for 2025

‘The Independent’ will host a selection of experts to dissect the day’s breaking news

The Independent UK

TV tonight: eye-witness accounts from inside the Israel-Gaza war

Lyse Doucet learns the human cost on both sides in this devastating documentary. Plus: Paul O’Grady’s last ever TV recording. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

'My home city was destroyed by war but I will not lose hope' – how modern warfare turns neighbourhoods into battlefields

It has been almost 12 years since I left my city. And I have never been able to return. Homs, the place I was born and grew up, has been destroyed and I, like many others, have been left in exile: left to remember how beautiful it once was. What…

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Prince Charles pays tribute to bravery of journalists working in conflict zones

The royals visited the BBC London headquarters to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the World Service

The Independent UK

Johnson denies attacking BBC coverage of Russia’s war with Ukraine

Boris Johnson said there was ‘absolutely no basis’ to claims he criticised the corporation over its coverage of Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

Wales Online

Hay Festival 2022 line up: Minnie Driver, Damian Lewis and Benedict Cumberbatch among the big name guests

Joe Wicks, Lyse Doucet, Jay Blades and Jimmy Page are also in the first in-person line-up for two years

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Today; The P Word; Chameleon: Wild Boys – review

Brave reporting on the Today programme from Lyse Doucet; Rajan Datar’s investigation into contemporary racism; and a fascinating real-life mystery

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BBC journalist moves viewers with heartfelt report about how the bells of cathedrals ‘toll for Ukraine’

‘It sends a message right across this country, because across this country, the monasteries that are still standing, the bells, the bells, they toll for Ukraine,’ says BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet

The Guardian - UK

BBC’s Lyse Doucet praises ‘brave’ technical staff in Ukraine

Journalist credits role of producers, camera people and technical support in coverage of war

Wales Online

BBC News' Lyse Doucet: Her accent, 'nomadic' lifestyle and the time she was caught up in assassination attempt at family wedding

The BBC's Chief International Correspondent has had an incredible career in war-reporting

The Independent UK

Anything can happen reporting from a live warzone, says Clive Myrie

The BBC journalists had to wear flak jackets after a siren interrupted their live Ukraine broadcast.

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