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The late author Sophie Kinsella convinced fellow writer Jojo Moyes to complete her bestselling romance novel Me Before You. Speaking on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Moyes has credited Kinsella with inspiring her to keep going, when she nearly gave up on the book after writing 20,000 words. It became an international bestseller and was adapted for the 2016 film starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. Kinsella, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in 2022 and died earlier this month at the age of 55. Speaking to Lauren Laverne on…

Shreyas Iyer bats during game two in the One Day International series between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on October 23, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo/Getty Images) India ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is all set to return for the ODI series against New Zealand, if there are no late red flags. Iyer is training at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru and is likely to be there till December 30.The right-hander will then link-up with the Mumbai Vijay Hazare Trophy squad in Jaipur on January 2. He is expected to feature in the matches on January 3 and…

CSIR NET December 2025 answer key expected soon The CSIR‑NET December 2025 answer key is expected to be released soon by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The CSIR NET exam was held on 18 December 2025 for subjects including Chemical Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, and Physical Sciences. Candidates who appeared are waiting to download the answer key so they can check their answers and estimate their scores. The answer key is released in two stages: provisional and final. The provisional answer key will be available first. After that, a window will open to raise objections against any…

Ripple’s payment network just reported processing around $1.3 trillion in transactions in Q2 2025 through its XRP-powered On‑Demand Liquidity (ODL) product. But XRP barely broke out on the news, as traders weighed adoption headlines against a still-choppy altcoin market. For us asking whether crypto does anything beyond speculation, this story offers a rare hard data point you can actually use. Follow us below. Market Cap 24h 7d 30d 1y All Time What Did Ripple XRP Actually Process: Why Should We Care? Ripple runs a global payment network that aims to replace the slow, expensive wiring system banks use today. Instead…

Enjoyed this article? Share it with your friends! On December 22, CoinShares reported that digital asset investment products faced $952 million in outflows last week. The company stated that investor confidence fell following delays to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, also known as the Clarity Act.According to the report, most of the withdrawals came from exchange-traded products (ETPs) linked to major cryptocurrencies. Ethereum funds saw $555 million in redemptions, while Bitcoin products lost $460 million. Did you know? Want to get smarter & wealthier with crypto? Subscribe – We publish new crypto explainer videos every week! Is Your Crypto…

The GBP/USD forecast remains bearish below 1.3350 as dismal UK CPI weighs on the pound. Rising unemployment and downward-trending UK CPI cement the odds of a BoE rate cut on Thursday. The weakening dollar keeps pound losses limited, with eyes on the US CPI data ahead. The British pound plummeted against the US Dollar on Wednesday following the weaker-than-anticipated UK inflation figures in November. The GBP/USD pair fell by over 0.5% towards the 1.3310 region, defying Tuesday’s gains when the pair briefly went above 1.3450. –Are you interested in learning more about copy trading platforms? Check our detailed guide- According…

How­ev­er cel­e­brat­ed by his­to­ri­ans, scru­ti­nized by archae­ol­o­gists, and descend­ed-upon by tourists it may be, Pom­peii is not excep­tion­al — not even in the fate of hav­ing been buried in ash by Mount Vesu­vius in the year 76, which also hap­pened to the near­by town of Her­cu­la­neum. Rather, it is the sheer ordi­nar­i­ness of that medi­um-sized provin­cial Roman city that we most val­ue today, inad­ver­tent­ly pre­served as it was by that vol­canic dis­as­ter. The new Lost in Time video above recon­structs Pom­peii as it must have looked at the very end of its days, tak­ing a look at every­thing from its…

NEED TO KNOW Christa Thao is an Asian-American mother of four from the Midwest In December 2025, a video of Thao’s daughter crying went viral after she was bullied at school for her “Asian eyes”Now, Thao talks to PEOPLE about why she chose to record the moment and how they handled the situation When Christa Thao picked up her daughter, Adi, from dance practice, she was excited to ask about her day. But instead of Adi’s usual bubbly self, the elementary schooler sat on the couch quietly until she mustered up the courage to ask a question that stopped Thao in…

Emily MaskellFive personal favourite films of 2025Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor)April (Dea Kulumbegashvili)Flow (Gints Zilbalodis)On Falling (Laura Carreira)Cinematographer of the year Darius Khondji (Mickey 17)Below the lineLéo Silly-Pélissier (Animation director, Flow)Old guardStellan SkarsgårdNew schoolChase InfinitiIt’s f***kin’ trash but I loved itBridget Jones: Mad About the BoyGreat picture… I hated it!KPop Demon HuntersPhysical media release of 2025The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Criterion Collection)A wish for the cinema of 2026…For women directors behind fantastic debuts to get backing for their second films!Josh Slater-WilliamsFive personal favourite films of 2025One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)Super Happy Forever (Kohei Igarashi)The Shrouds (David Cronenberg)Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie)Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Cinematographer of the yearMichael Bauman (One Battle…

For My Sunday Song #465, we are talking a song from a band I never got into, however, I loved this song. That song is “Celebrity Skin” and the band is Hole. Fronted by Courtney Love, Hole was an alt rock/grunge band from the 90’s. The album, titled ‘Celebrity Skin’, was released on September 8, 1998 and the title track was released as a single on the same day. Back in a time where you didn’t have 5 singles out before the album even came out…the good old days. The song only went to #85 in the Hot 100, but…