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London first-time buyers: 'we redecorated our first home from top to bottom with no idea what we were doing'

Priced out of Walthamstow, the couple decided to try their luck in Crossrail hotspot Forest Gate and finished renovations just three days before their daughter was born

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2023

‘Provocateur! Sex symbol! Opportunist!’ Six generations of women on the power and passion of Madonna

As the singer prepares to kick off her career-spanning Celebration tour in the UK, women from six decades reveal what the 65-year-old phenomenon means to them

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023

‘It’s time to go’: How a Palestinian maths class became a victim of war

As the Israel-Hamas war broke out on Saturday, a conflict-scarred child comforted an adult teacher. This is Palestine.

Al Jazeera · Oct 9, 2023

Pablo Picasso’s grandson says artist’s lovers ‘knew’ about his behaviour: ‘No one was forced to do anything’

Grandson of the Spanish artist and his lover and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, defends the artist as his work is celebrated in a series of exhibitions around the world

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023

‘His life was full of contradictions’: Picasso’s grandson defends the artist’s behaviour towards women

The painter has been called out as a misogynist but Olivier Widmaier Picasso says his numerous lovers knew his nature

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76

The son of Picasso and French painter Françoise Gilot, who also died this year aged 101, managed his father’s hugely valuable estate until July

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25, 2023

Killing It: 7 Questions I Have After Season 2 Of The Peacock TV Show

Killing It Season 2 left us with so many unanswered questions. We need answers.

Cinemablend · Aug 19, 2023

New Zealand jury finds mom guilty of killing her 3 young daughters in a case that shocked the nation

A New Zealand jury has found a woman guilty of murdering her three young daughters in a case that shocked the nation

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023

‘I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along’: Jacqueline Wilson on rivalry, censorship – and love

Raised by a ‘scary’ father and a ‘terrible snob’ of a mother, the Tracy Beaker author has always understood the loneliness that marks so many young lives. But at 77, she’s never been happier

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

Austral by Carlos Fonseca; Whites Can Dance Too by Kalaf Epalanga; The Incredible Events in Women’s Cell Number 3 by Kira Yarmysh; You, Bleeding Childhood by Michele Mari; The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023