Month: February 2025

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations’ Small Charities Advisory Panel has appointed five new members to ensure it is exclusively made up of small charity representatives. These appointments to the SCAP, which is led by the NCVO and seeks to strengthen the voice of small charities in policy- and decision-making, come after a review of
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The 2025 International Booker Prizes Nominations Announced This is the most prestigious prize for literature translated into English,
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The Creed franchise was birthed as a spinoff of the Rocky movies but, as the three films were released, the series carved out its own path and began to truly stand on its own. At present, there’s even a fourth installment planned. One of the most noticeable ways in which the series has differentiated itself
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Last summer, I joined Pitchfork as its new editor from the world of 2020s independent music blogging. It is an unglamorous world, but one I’m deeply fond of, all janky websites and Substack newsletters. It is where a lot of terrible, unedited writing is happening, but also where some of the most vital and urgent
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Home Depot on Tuesday topped Wall Street’s quarterly sales expectations, even as elevated interest rates and housing prices dampened consumer demand for large remodels and pricier projects. For the full year ahead, the company said it expects total sales to grow by 2.8% and comparable sales, which take out the impact of one-time factors like
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It’s a week until Oscars and contenders (see full list) are out in force adding screens ahead of March 2. This is always an odd period for the indie box office and statuettes will generally determine who ramps up and who tapers down, again. Also this weekend, a Chinese and an Indian film hit the
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Billy McFarland has revealed new details about Fyre Fest 2, including a new date and location. Originally announced as taking place April 25th through 28th, Fyre Festival 2 is now going down from May 30th to June 2nd. In a new interview with TODAY, the convicted fraudster explained, “We just needed the extra month to give our
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An end-of-life charity has rebranded in a bid to modernise its identity and reaffirm the place it holds in the hearts of its service users, the charity said. St Teresa’s Hospice, based in Darlington, County Durham, has updated its brand identity by introducing a new logo, a revision of its existing “tree of life” imagery.
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In Book Forum, Hermione Hoby considers the stuffed shelf that is the contemporary novel/memoir of divorce. And while she doesn’t inspect All Fours directly, much, if not all, of her thinking applies there. She sets up the inquiry I think with welcome clarity: Why, when divorce in the US and the UK is at last
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Image Credit: Getty Images The Academy is preparing for its biggest night to celebrate the best films, performances, short films, documentaries, and other outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry at the upcoming Oscars. The 97th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood will feature Conan O’Brien as host. The Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang
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Disney’s remakes of its animated classics have been a remarkably successful franchise for the studio. There are two of them on the 2025 movie schedule with both Snow White and Lilo & Stitch on the list of upcoming Disney movies, and there are several more currently in development. One of the most highly anticipated has
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Monday said the U.S. government is inefficient and in need of work as the Trump administration terminates thousands of federal employees and works to dismantle agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Dimon was asked by CNBC’s Leslie Picker whether he supported efforts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government
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