PEN Ukraine brings together European writers to discuss the role of literature in times of global crisis

On 29 October, PEN Ukraine hosted a public discussion with European writers and representatives of PEN centres entitled ‘Literature Around the World: Can It Still Help Humans?’ Representatives of PEN centres around the world attended the 9th...

Sony Music Publishing acquires ‘significant’ stake in Finland’s Elements Music

Sony Music Publishing has acquired “a significant stake” in Elements Music, a Finland-based independent music publisher with a catalog of about 10,000 compositions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction includes a...

Attitude shortlisted for four major categories at the PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2025

Attitude has been shortlisted for four major honours at this year’s PPA Independent Publisher Awards, celebrating the best of Britain’s independent media. The nominations span every corner of Attitude’s influence, from cultural leadership to...

If EU has Copenhagen criteria, Türkiye has 'Ankara criteria’: Erdoğan

If the EU has its Copenhagen criteria, Türkiye has also its own Ankara criteria for membership to the bloc, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Speaking at a joint news conference in Ankara,...

Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe, October 2025 edition

This week’s Media Briefing looks at what publishers attending the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe had to say about the existential threat of site traffic losses and AI search tools encroaching on their businesses. Publishers have lost hope that...

How agencies, publishers and platforms are actually using AI agents

AI agents are the current focal point for agencies, marketers and publishers hoping to deploy the potential of generative AI to practical effect.Examples range from Coca-Cola’s Fizzion project, an agent embedded into the Adobe Creative Cloud,...

Wishaw teacher who died while delivering aid in Bosnia remembered in new book

Christine Witcutt with husband Alan and daughter Julie in 1993(Image: Daily Record) A Wishaw woman who died during the Bosnian war while delivering humanitarian aid has been recognised in a new book. From Scotland, With Love tells the true story...

After a quarter century of publishing, Australian cruising is at a crossroads

Cruise Passenger is marking 25 years of publishing this month. The next edition of our print publication Cruise&Travel will include commentary, special reports and the 100 best cruises by a panel of our expert writers. But Australian cruising is...

'Sunniest' European city that's 4 hours from Manchester and 19C in November

Natalie King Travel Journalist 16:19, 30 Oct 2025 This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Córdoba is the perfect spot for some winter sun(Image: Santiago Urquijo via Getty...

Can Italy’s History Offer Lessons for Surviving Our Current Moment?

Before visiting the school in Amandola, a small town in Italy, my husband Pat and I meet English teacher Daniela for coffee on Piazza Risorgimento. We’re there to talk to Daniela’s 12- and 13-year-old students about writing and my mother’s escape...

Spain's former King Juan Carlos confirms long-held rumours of a feud with daughter-in-law Queen Letizia

Spain's former King Juan Carlos has spoken publicly for the first time about a long-rumoured feud with his daughter-in-law, Queen Letizia. The 87-year-old ruled Spain from 1975 until he abdicated the throne in 2014 for his son, now King Felipe...

How Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis

WEIMAR, Thuringia, Germany — Walking through Weimar, Germany, the legacy of the Holocaust seems inescapable. Stolpersteine — German for “stumbling blocks” — are placed outside the homes of people killed during the Shoah, essential evidence of...

Culture How Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture kicked off a democratic crisis Germany has made remembering the Holocaust central, but that commitment has been strained by Oct. 7 and the rise of the far-right. What happens if Germany loses its…

By Jake Wasserman October 30, 2025 Research for this article was made possible with the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Washington, DC. WEIMAR, Thuringia, Germany — Walking through Weimar, Germany, the legacy of the Holocaust seems...

Book review: "In the Company of Our Relatives"

What was happening at your place of residence five hundred years ago, four hundred, three hundred…? What was the morning fare then for the people residing where you now live? How does it compare with your breakfast today? Who provided? Who was in...

Spain's Former King Addresses Rumors of Affair with Princess Diana in Bombshell New Memoir By Meredith Kile 44

NEED TO KNOW King Juan Carlos, the former monarch of Spain, is opening up about rumors that he seduced Princess Diana in a new memoir In the controversial new book, Reconciliation, the former King calls the late Princess of Wales "cold" and...

Latvijas Banka dedicates a coin to the 500th anniversary of the first book published in Latvian

On Tuesday, 4 November, Latvijas Banka is issuing a silver collector coin "Latvian Book – 500". Five centuries ago, the first book in Latvian marked the beginning of the Latvian people's challenging journey towards their own language and nation....

Dakota Johnson's Go-To Cow Print Sneakers Pair Perfectly With a Fall Trench

Experts agree: Temperature-wise, cows like it cool. This biological fact admittedly has little to do with Dakota Johnson's fashion…but is it purely coincidence that the cow print has made its mark as her must-have animal pattern for the cooler...

Want to know what’s really up with Britain? Take a look at our no-longer-chocolatey biscuits | Zoe Williams

Wage increases finally began to outpace price rises in June 2023, so we could technically class the previous month as the height of the cost of living crisis. Certainly, May that year was when the headlines about butter peaked. Lurpak and Anchor,...

American reveals first European destination for 'game-changing' new plane: Scotland

American Airlines has only had its hands on its first "game-changing" Airbus A321XLR plane for a little more than a week. Already, though, the carrier is making plans to send the aircraft across the Atlantic. American on Thursday announced...

Civil Society Is the Weak Element of European Defence Posture

In the shadow of Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine, Europe’s leaders have rediscovered the art of sabre-rattling. But how credible or sustainable it will be without the full support of the democratic bedrock – myriads of civil society actors across...