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M John Harrison at the 2026 Booker Prize ceremony

M John Harrison Wins Booker Prize at 81 for The End of Everything

M John Harrison becomes the oldest Booker Prize winner at 81, taking the £50,000 award for his dystopian novel The End of Everything.

November 10, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

Jemima Goldsmith Accuses Russell Brand of Abuse After His Prison Sentence

Jemima Goldsmith says she called police during an alleged violent incident involving Russell Brand in 2014, speaking after his sentence for separate offenses.

November 10, 2026

by Amanda Graham

File photograph from a United Nations disability-inclusion event

Disabled Young Britons Face Threefold Risk of Missing Work and Education

DWP figures show 30.2% of disabled 16–24-year-olds were outside education, employment or training, compared with 8.6%

The English couple who kept a video diary of the “Diamond Princess” contaminated by coronavirus

British pensioners David and Sally Abel spent weeks documenting their quarantine on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship via YouTube, keeping a public video diary with characteristic English humor. They were among

February 18, 2020

Health·News

Coronavirus on the Diamond Princess: repatriated passengers, others are patient

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined near Yokohama rose to 355, Japanese health officials announced Sunday, making the ship the largest coronavirus cluster outside mainland

February 17, 2020