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Calligraphy business gets international attention
What started off as a passion for arts and crafts has become an internationally successful business for a Tauranga calligrapher. Michaela McBride started her business, Michaela McBride Calligraphy, 10 years ago after seeing a gap in the market for...

Danish PM Frederiksen Tells EU That Mass Migration Hurts Disadvantaged Europeans the Most
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addressed EU Parliamentarians to stress that the European project can only work if national distinctions and borders are respected, arguing that the mass migration agenda over the past decade has hurt the...

Forget Europe, small-town USA is the hottest summer travel trend
Travelers are skipping Europe this year as small-town USA becomes the hottest summer travel trend, with more people opting out of major cities for local scenes built around regional culture. Street festivals, lakefront concerts and town-wide...

John Robb tells us about his new Oasis book and the importance of Manchester
Author, journalist and musician John Robb has spoken to NME about his acclaimed new Oasis book, his years of knowing the Gallaghers, and the importance of Manchester for the band. Robb recently published Live Forever: The Rise, Fall And...

Novak Djokovic vs Jannik Sinner, Wimbledon 2025 Semifinal Highlights: Sinner Wins In Straight Sets To Book Finals Berth
Novak Djokovic vs Jannik Sinner Wimbledon Men’s Singles Semifinal 2025 Highlights: Hello and welcome to our highlights of Wimbledon, where we had seven-time Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic taking on World No.1 Jannik Sinner in an enticing...

Cyber Threats Surge as Digital Factories Fuel Risk in European Manufacturing
Europe’s manufacturing sector is under siege. A new report from KnowBe4, released this week, lays bare the growing cyber vulnerabilities facing the continent’s increasingly digitalised production lines. Titled Securing Manufacturing’s Digital...

13 Hidden Gems in Europe That Left a Lasting Impression
Every time I land in Europe, I feel like I’m walking into a memory I haven’t lived yet. Over years of traveling through cities large and small, I started keeping a list of recommendations from locals and fellow explorers. Some places made the list...

Ira Wells, who literally wrote the book on book bans, shares his thoughts on the politics of censorship
Open this photo in gallery:Typically, the library is a place to access a breadth of resources and ideas, to sit in the present and behold the past. Well, not for public school students of Peel Region, just north of Toronto. In 2023, working within...
This Hidden Gem Has All the Charm of Europe’s Big Cities - Without the Crowds
There’s something undeniably magnetic about Italy’s iconic cities - Florence’s Renaissance flair, Rome’s ancient ruins, and Venice’s winding canals. But what if you could experience that same cultural richness and historic beauty without the...

€1.2m fraudster on Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ list is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A CONMAN who pocketed €1.2 million and made it onto Europol’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. Hungarian authorities issued a European Arrest Warrant for the 52-year-old fugitive on May 30 in tandem with Europol...

The Salt Path author's next book delayed after 'distress'
Author Raynor Winn's new book has been delayed because questions about her bestselling work The Salt Path have caused her and her husband "considerable distress", her publisher has said. Penguin Michael Joseph said the decision to postpone the...

Tiny 'Lonely Tree' vies with UK giants to be crowned Britain's best
A small, slightly bedraggled tree next to a Gwynedd lake is in the running to be crowned the UK’s most iconic. The Lonely Tree of Llanberis is easily the smallest and youngest in this year’s Tree of the Year competition but it has quickly become...

New Zealand vs France live stream: How to watch 2025 Summer Internationals rugby online
The New Zealand vs France live stream provides an opportunity for the All Blacks to secure back-to-back victories over Les Bleus and wrap up a series victory when the two teams meet in Wellington — and you can watch the rugby from anywhere in the...

A Recipe for Disaster in France by Evie Woods
A Recipe for Disaster in France by Evie Woods by Julie A. Sellers Bon jour, Radio Readers. I’m Julie A. Sellers for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club. The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie Woods combines magical realism with a cozy mystery...

Prism eLogistics and Efulfilment Europe mark 5-year UK-EU partnership
Prism said the collaboration has enabled seamless, integrated fulfilment and distribution solutions for brands trading across the UK and Europe. Since 2020, the partnership has seen Prism supporting Efulfilment’s distribution in the UK and vice...

Flying through Europe this week? France’s strike could cancel your flight
Control towers like these keep Europe’s skies flowing — until strikes bring it all to a halt. Credit: Magda Ehlers from Pexels via Canva.com On July 3 and 4, France’s air traffic controllers are again walking off the job. This strike’s ripple...

Brits in Spain face appointment nightmare for residency card renewals
It’s been five years since Spain started to issue non-EU residency cards to UK nationals in Spain, but those with temporary TIEs who now need to renew their cards could be confronted by the ‘cita previa’ chaos which sees many foreigners pay for an...

Paul McKenna wants to change how Britain thinks about mental health
Since the early 1990s, Paul McKenna has been the world’s most recognisable hypnotist with a reputation for rapid personal change. But what many people don’t know is that behind the public profile, he has spent decades working at the front line of...

'The Salt Path' is a book that captured the hearts of millions. Now it's mired in controversy
LONDON (AP) — “The Salt Path” is a memoir of resilience and courage that captured the hearts of millions and which was subsequently adapted for the big screen, with actors Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs taking the lead roles. But now, the book...

Penguin Michael Joseph delays publication of Raynor Winn's next book
Penguin Michael Joseph (PMJ) will delay the publication of The Salt Path author Raynor Winn’s next book, On Winter Hill, following an investigation in the Observer over the weekend that suggested her debut memoir was not entirely true. A statement...