David Nicholls to adapt The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ for BBC 17. November 2025 (19:20) One Day author leading writing team bringing one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s to lifeA writing team led by the One Day author, David Nicholls, and that includes Caitlin Moran is bringing Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ to the small screen in a 10-part BBC One adaptation of the classic tale of teenage life in British suburbia.Nicholls, who described the book as “a classic piece of comic writing and an incredible piece of ventriloquism on Sue Townsend’s part”, will adapt the book that produced one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
New international student enrollments in US plunge this year, data shows 17. November 2025 (19:12) Enrollment fell 17%, the largest drop in a decade aside from the pandemic, amid Trump’s immigration crackdownThe number of international students enrolling in US colleges and universities plunged this year as the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown on higher education began to bite, data released on Monday reveals.New international student enrollment fell 17% in the current academic year, the largest drop in more than a decade aside from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a fall snapshot published by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years 17. November 2025 (19:03) Archive director in Germany says ‘missing piece of puzzle’ now in place to verify authorship after decades of researchTwo long-lost organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach have been performed in Germany, roughly 320 years after the composer wrote them as a teenage music teacher.Entitled Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179, the pieces were added to the official catalogue of Bach’s works on Monday and played in public for the first time in three centuries inside Leipzig’s St Thomas Church, where Bach is buried. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
New blow for Louvre as structural problem forces gallery closure 17. November 2025 (18:58) Campana Gallery is temporarily shut due to weaknesses in beams supporting floor above The Louvre has temporarily closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building.The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics, will be shut while investigations are conducted into “certain beams supporting the floors of the second floor” above it, a statement issued on Monday said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Eswatini confirms receiving over $5m from US to accept deportees 17. November 2025 (18:47) Trump administration struck largely secretive deals with at least five African countries to accept migrantsEswatini has confirmed for the first time that it had received more than $5m from the United States to accept dozens of people expelled under Washington’s aggressive mass deportation drive.The tiny southern African kingdom has taken in 15 men since Donald Trump’s administration struck largely secretive deals with at least five African countries to accept migrants under a third-country deportation programme fiercely criticised by rights groups. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
