The Independent: Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding announces new writer prize in North: ‘Writing opportunities are very uneven in UK’

Are you a v. good comic writer? The author of ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ has launched a new writing prize to support undiscovered talent

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The Independent announces new documentary ‘Wombs of Debt’

Every year, as the monsoon retreats, nearly 1.5 million migrant workers in Maharashtra leave their homes to harvest sugarcane. Among them are hundreds of thousands of women working grueling days in an industry that supplies some of the world’s biggest companies.

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The Independent: Claire Rushbrook and Adam Pearson join The Independent and ICA London’s Free Thinkers film festival

Tickets to see the actors chat about the films ‘Ali & Ava’ and ‘Under the Skin’ are available now.

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