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In a competitive situation, Lionsgate has landed rights to bestselling author Steven Rowley’s new novel The Guncle which was published last week on May 25 by the Putnam imprint of Penguin Random House.
By Heller McAlpin Correspondent Do you know what a guncle is? I didn’t before I read Steven Rowley’s heartwarming new novel. But my children’s beloved guncle – that is, gay uncle – sure did. Rowley hits the sweet spot between hilarity and heart in this endearing charmer about a famous sitcom star who becomes the reluctant, unconventional guardian of his niece and nephew for a summer. As he demonstrated in “Lily and the Octopus” (2016), his debut novel about an adored pet dachshund’s illness, and “The Editor” (2019), about a struggling young writer whose editor, no...
Remembering 1981: Four men dead as crisis escalates • Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O'Hara Thursday, 21 May 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2.30am. Later that evening Patsy O’Hara died. A Mass had been celebrated at Raymond McCreesh’s bedside on Wednesday evening by his brother Fr Brian McCreesh. He was semi-conscious and appeared to show some sign of recognition but died just a few hours later. His remains were returned to his beloved Camlough in South Armagh for the funeral the following Saturday. Leaving the family home in St M...
Roundtable: Understanding context to make sense of ESG data Padmesh Shukla (Head of investments, Transport for London Pension Fund) Patrick O’Hara (Director of responsible investment and engagement, LGPS Central) Cliodhna Murphy (Executive director – product development, MUFG Investor Services) Joe Bello (Head of UK asset management sales, BlackRock) Mark Guirey (Executive director – asset owner client coverage, MSCI) Funds Europe – In 2020, more than 50% of inflows into European funds were invested in ESG-related funds despite initial fears that Covid-19 would slow the pace of sustai...
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