

Global Publishing Converges at London Book Fair AI Controversy and Audiobook Boom Dominate Day One
On 10 March 2025, The London Book Fair opened at Olympia London. Publishers, authors, and industry professionals from around the world gathered to negotiate rights, exchange market insights, and discuss key industry topics, including artificial intelligence and audiobooks. The day began on the main stage with a keynote interview featuring Tom Weldon. He spoke with The Bookseller editor Philip Jones about the future of publishing and emphasized the importance of cultivating ne


Milano Cortina 2026 | Simpson and Guide Rob Win Silver, Securing Great Britain’s First Medal
Photo by ParalympicsGB/Sam Mellish Milano Cortina, 10 March 2026 — At the Winter Paralympics alpine skiing events, 23-year-old British athlete Neil Simpson and his guide Rob Poth claimed Great Britain’s first medal of the Games, winning silver in the men’s visually impaired alpine combined. Simpson was fourth after the morning Super-G run, but delivered the fastest time in the slalom run to finish with a total of 1:57.07, completing his full set of Paralympic medals. Simpson


MILANO CORTINA 2026 PARALYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY SPEECH BY THE IPC PRESIDENT
President of the Italian Republic, Your Excellency Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, Giorgia Meloni. IOC President Kirsty Coventry, Paralympic Athletes, President of the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee Giovanni Malago Buona sera Italia, Ciao Verona, Benvenuti to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, Da Roma 1960 a Torino 2006. Ora è il momento di Milano Cortina 2026, che inizia qui nella storica Verona. Al caro popolo italiano: que


NPC IRAN WILL NOT COMPETE AT MILANO CORTINA 2026
The NPC had been due to be at the Games with one Para athlete in Para cross-country skiing but is unable to travel safely. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed on Friday (6 March) afternoon that the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Iran will not compete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. NPC Iran had been due to participate with one athlete - two-time Paralympian Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei - in two Para cross-country skiing medal events


HENDERSON AND WHYTE SELECTED FOR FIRST WORLD CHAMPS BIDS
Scotland will have new representatives in both the women’s and men’s forthcoming World Championships after national champions Team Henderson and Team Whyte were selected for the first time. For these teams the opportunity to wear Scotland colours at senior level is a reward for the consistency in recent years that has seen Fay Henderson and Ross Whyte lead their rinks to three successive Scottish Championship wins. The selections were made taking a series of criteria into acc


When the 20 Percent Are Seen the World Becomes Whole
(May Zhao Interviews the Chair of the British Paralympic Association) On the eve of the Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympic Games, the Paralympic flame is set to be reignited and the world’s attention turns once again to the Paralympic stage. In an exclusive interview with May Zhao, the Chair of the British Paralympic Association said ParalympicsGB is ready. Asked what advantage Britain must not lose in this cycle, his answer was immediate and unequivocal: passion and the will t










