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Motherland 9pm, BBC Two Fresh from her star turn as the menacing Patricia Carmichael in Line of Duty, Anna Maxwell-Martin dons an altogether more empathetic guise as harried working mother Julia for the third season of the hit sitcom about the trials of middle-class motherhood. Finding herself cut off from the other mums, Julia tries to win back their favour by hosting a nit treatment party. While the combs are out, Amanda (Lucy Punch) gossips about Kevin’s potential divorce and Liz (Diane Morgan) waits to hear back about a job. Ammar Kalia 7.30pm, BBC Two Sara Cox is the perfect fantasy b...

Issa Rae’s ‘Insecure’ is returning for another season. HBO announced the show would end after Season 5—here’s everything to know about the final season.

If you’ve been wondering what your next read should be, or perhaps you’re planning your summer reading list, then the 2021 Women’s Prize Shortlist has you covered. The six novels up for the award this year are certainly a mixed bag, meaning there’s something for every bookworm. The Women’s Prize was first introduced in 1996 to counter the Booker Prize of 1991 when no female authors made the shortlist. This year is the first since 2005 that the prize has shortlisted only first-time nominees and the winner, who stands to receive €35,000, will be announced on July 7. These six novels...

From a longlist of 16 books, the judging panel selected six novels to compete for prize

Also in the running are Barbadian writer Cherie Jones’ story of gritty life on a beautiful island, "How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House," and two books by British writers: Susanna Clarke’s literary fantasy "Piranesi" and Claire Fuller’s rural family saga "Unsettled Ground." Booker Prize-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo, who is chairing the judging panel, said several of the novels depicted "communities that aren’t really written about in fiction" and tough subjects such as domestic violence, addiction and depression. "But they’re not miserable books," she said. "They’re ...