Month: September 2023

Diabetes UK has promoted Colette Marshall to chief executive. Marshall, who has been director of services, volunteering and local impact at the charity since 2013, will succeed Chris Askew, who announced in March that he would be taking up the top job at the Royal College of General Practitioners after eight years leading Diabetes UK.
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Craig Gillespie’s comedy-drama Dumb Money starts its three-step platform release this weekend courtesy of Sony, opening in eight theaters in LA, NY, Chicago, DC, Boston and San Francisco ahead of an expansion next week and a Sept. 29 wide release. Gillespie (I, Tonya, Lars and the Real Girl) saw lots of love in Toronto for the premiere of his
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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View
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The fundraising think tank Rogare is examining the ethical and regulatory questions relating to “disintermediated giving”. Disintermediation happens when traditional charities are cut out of the process of giving by the funds going straight to the affected individuals, such as through crowdfunding platforms. Rogare says there are many different ways that charities can be cut
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The National Book Foundation, on September 13–15, announced the longlists for the 2023 National Book Awards. The awards are split into five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. These are the longlisted titles: Fiction Authors at various stages of their careers are represented on the list of nominees, which includes a
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Cruising along the serene waters of Halong Bay. We’re sitting on a large sunpad on the bow of a Jeanneau NC14 in Halong Bay. With little strain on the boat’s twin Volvo Penta pod-engine propulsion, we leave the large tourist and day-tripper cruise boats standing as we enjoy a private charter with Vietyacht. Cruising smoothly
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Blackcat | E+ | Getty Images “I’m not a math person.” “I’m not a numbers person.” “I’m bad with money.” Sound familiar? No, we’re not recording you at home. As a wealth advisor, I hear statements like this all the time from women, regardless of their age. In fact, one of the most common —
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The Pretenders are back with their new album Relentless. Relentless, The Pretenders’ follow-up to 2020’s Hate for Sale, was produced by multiple Grammy Award-nominee David Wrench (Courtney Barnett, David Byrne) at London’s Battery Studios. Along with bandleader Chrissie Hydne, the album features performances from Kris Sonne (drums), Chris Hill (double bass), Dave Page (bass), and
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There are so many things to love about the end of the year–the holidays, football, and beautiful landscapes right out of a storybook. However, none of these things can protect you from the freezing temperatures also associated with this time of year, but the best heated hoodie can. Even the best standard hoodies on market
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Image Credit: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup for Parkwood/Shutterstock Beyoncé, 42, returned to the stage this summer for her highly-anticipated Renaissance World Tour! The tour kicked off in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 17, 2023, and commenced just over a year after Queen B dropped the Renaissance album. Not only were countless members of the Beyhive ready to see the 42-year-old back
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Chinese laborers working at a construction site at sunset in Chongqing, China on March 6, 2005. China Photos | Getty Images BEIJING—China’s retail sales and industrial production picked up pace in August with better-than-expected growth, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released Friday. Retail sales grew by 4.6% in August from a year ago,
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