Council staff have been told that the Virgin Mary “wore a hijab” and that "Jesus grew a beard" during a lecture about ...

Past Booker winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are among the nominees for this year's award.

RENOWNED historian Mary Beard will turn true crime sleuth when she returns to the Glasgow stage next month. “I’m going to investigate a couple of cold cases from the ancient world,” she told the ...

The top of the crop has been selected! The Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards out of the U.K., just announced the shortlist of finalists, and there's a lot to love (and ...

The training included claims about the Virgin Mary, the hijab and Jesus’s beard, while material also defended Sharia as a ...

Douglas Stuart’s John of John is still in the running for the prize, while longlisted Irish debut novel All Them Dogs did not make the shortlist. The final six contenders for this year’s Booker Prize ...

Demonstrators attend the “Lift The Ban” rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government’s ...

The Booker Prize 2026 judges called their shortlisted novels “very human”. Their choices reveal why literary greatness may depend on risk, ambiguity, unpredictability and distinctly individual ...

Council staff involved in anti-terrorism work were told the Virgin Mary “wore a hijab” during a publicly funded presentation on Islamophobia. The example was used during a Project Unity training ...

Prize committee chair Mary Beard notes the picks are “set anywhere and everywhere.” ...

Booker Prize 2026: the 6 books shortlisted – and the one that's missing - And the winner is… not on this Booker shortlist, says David Sexton ...

The Booker Prize shortlist 2026: Full list of six books and where to buy them - The long-awaited Booker shortlist has been announced – here’s what novels have made the coveted list and what they are a ...