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- Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale has become ‘more and more plausible’
Canadian author discusses US under Trump and says setting of her dystopian novel has ‘become much closer’Margaret Atwood has said the plot of her book The Handmaid’s Tale, which depicts a story of an authoritarian regime where women are forced to reproduce, has become “more and more plausible” in recent years.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Atwood said she believed the plot was “bonkers” when she first had the concept for the novel as the US was the “democratic ideal” at the time. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.58 mins ago - This Nebraska Prison Rehabilitated Inmates. Until ICE Paid to Fill It With Immigrants.
Over two decades, a minimum-security prison aimed at helping inmates prepare to leave prison was a point of civic pride. Now, state officials have converted it to ICE detention. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Roll with it: the 30 best board games for Christmas 2025If Monopoly is your festive fallback for family fun then go directly to Jail and do not pass Go. A new wave of party pleasers, trick takers and strategy games can transport you to Stalingrad, the spirit realm, or even Georgian sex venues There was a time when playing a Christmas board game meant dusting off an old favourite selected from a narrow range of options. Maybe Trivial Pursuit, if you wanted to show off your pub quiz chops. Or Scrabble, if you felt like flexing your wordsmith muscles. Or Monopoly, if you hoped to roll around in wads of fake cash. But these days the choice is far, far wider. Almost overwhelmingly so.During the past decade, the modern board game scene has exploded like a cartoon kitten. As screens have come to dominate our eyelines and erode our mental health, more of us are seeking recreational solace in the… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- Watch: Moment Hawaii volcano eruption engulfs camera
Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting intermittently since December last year. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics?Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelism has fuelled TrumpAt recent Reform UK press conferences, two very distinctive heads can often be spotted in the front row: the near-white locks of Danny Kruger, the party’s head of policy, and the swept-back blond mane of James Orr, now a senior adviser to Nigel Farage.As well as guiding the policy programme for what could be the UK’s next government, the pair have something else in common. Both are highly devout Christians who came to religion in adulthood, and have trenchant views on social issues such as abortion and the family. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Soldiers in Benin say they have seized power from President TalonA message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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