Booker Prize-winner Margaret Atwood has said literary awards will be irrelevant unless action is taken over the environment.



The Canadian author was jointly awarded the prestigious prize for The Testaments alongside...

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Oct. 2 -- Greenwich Magazine Editor-In-Chief Cristin Marandino and Moffly Media Chief Revenue Officer Pete Michalsky discuss targeting a magazine for an affluent audience. They speak on Market Makers. (Source: Bloomberg)

Reaction to News of the World Newspaper Closure

Sept. 17 -- Author Ken Follett discusses changes to the publishing industry due to digital technology, how he sees tech innovation helping authors as he releases his latest book, Edge of Eternity, and offers his thoughts on the Scottish...

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VOICED: It seems some book shops may be turning the page on ebooks -- and instead going back to more traditional forms of

reading....

Jun.18 -- Through homemade maps, CityLab readers shared perspectives and stories from a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling is taking her lucrative boy wizard firmly into the digital age, unveiling a website with new material and revealing that his adventures will now also be sold as e-books. London, Greater London, United...

Sept. 25 -- Former Budget Director Under President Reagan David Stockman plays a word association game on Market Makers. (Source: Bloomberg)

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An Israeli company is developing a coronavirus breathalyser test that gives results in 30 seconds, billing it as a "front line" tool that can help restore a sense of normalcy during the pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

VOICED: Cigar rollers work their hands, and their minds

VOICED: Japan disasters push manga artist to end of the line

The Italian journalist who claims to have exposed the identity of best-selling author Elena Ferrante defended his investigation on Friday as having debunked "lies" about Ferrante's background and contributed to knowledge about her...

Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty says Sinn Fein TD Reada Cronin was right to apologise and withdraw controversial anti-semitic remarks she made on Twitter. <br/>

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk who won the Nobel prize for literature in 2006 denounces what he called a climate of fear in his country

Footage of pupils at Kingsley Academy school in Hounslow they join millions of children in returning to the classroom for the first time since December as coronavirus restrictions in England begin to ease.



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More than 150-thousand people have taken part in a protest in Vienna - the largest yet against the inclusion of Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party in Austria's govern
ment.
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Actors work long days and aren't always needed in every scene - so what do they do in between takes?

On a recent set visit for Hammer's latest foray into horror, "The Quiet Ones," the cast took time to...

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The city of La Paz has declared war -- against its rodent popula
tion.
Health inspectors say the Bolivian capital has a population of 12 (m) million mice and rats, a dozen for each of its...

The international search for the missing Malaysian jetliner expanded further into the Indian Ocean on Friday, amid signs the aircraft may have flown on for hours after its last contact with air...

Russia's actions show that Vladimir Putin's country wants "to prevent the realization of a Europe that's whole, free and at peace", US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Oct. 14 -- PureWow CEO Ryan Harwood discusses the rise of native advertising with Bloomberg's Trish Regan on ""Street Smart."" (Source: Bloomberg)