‘They’re going to be holding many principals or teachers accountable,’ governor says by Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix The DeSantis administration plans to punish teachers and principals deemed to be exploiting public school book challenges to, in the governor’s view, “weaponize” Florida’s parental rights laws. DeSantis leveled that charge Monday during a news conference in Pensacola. On Tuesday, he raised it again during a second news conference in Jacksonville, where he signed...
The ex-PM's publishers apologise and agree to remove a fake quote tied to an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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A Guardian critic called it “one of the most shamelessly unrepentant, petulant, politically and economically jejune and cliche-ridden books I’ve read”.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will bring the legislation to Cabinet on Tuesday.
Labour previously said it wanted four new UK-wide bank holidays to mark each nation's patron saint day.
Former PM’s publisher reportedly forced to apologise over use of ‘fabricated’ quote
We live in an epoch of refugees. According to the UN Refugee Agency, as of October 2023 more than 110 million people in our world had been "forcibly displaced" from their homes. This global emergency lends currency and urgency to The Trauma Mantras: A Memoir in Prose Poems, a new book by Adrie Kusserow, cultural anthropologist, self-described "ethnographic poet," and chair of the Saint Michael's College sociology and anthropology department. Kusserow has been a relief worker and teacher...
Former PM’s first-week sales compare with 21,000 for David Cameron’s memoir and 92,000 for Tony Blair bookLiz Truss’s book about her 49-day stint as prime minister sold 2,228 copies in the UK during its first week on sale, after a wall-to-wall promotional media blitz.Ten Years to Save the West: Lessons from the Only Conservative in the Room, combines an account of Truss’s time in office with a call to arms for the political right. Continue reading
Rishi Sunak should focus on fixing the “broken” NHS and reducing waiting lists if he wants to get more people back into work, Sir Keir Starmer has argued. ]]>
Rebel Wilson has cancelled her book tour in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane which had been scheduled to promote her tell-all memoir Rebel Rising.
Not that the film needs one, but “Challengers” actor Josh O’Connor has an alternate title idea in case the need arises: “This could be called ‘Co-dependency: The movie.’” “That was our other title!” Zendaya quips. “Challengers” – its official title – is a tennis drama from director Luca Guadagnino that serves up a thrilling love triangle and seductive performances by Zendaya, O’Connor and Mike Faist. It is set to be released this month after being delayed from its initial September 2023 release...