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Only one game stands between Luton Town and a return to the top flight after an absence of over thirty years, as they face Coventry City in the Championship play-off final this weekend with the final promotion place at stake. Luton were relegated on the last day of the 1991/92 season, thus depriving them of a place in the shiny new Premier League. Since then, the club has been on a lengthy journey, which took them all the way down to the Conference, including a spell in administration in 2007/08.

The following article appeared in the Feb. 26, 2024, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with smart and original local news for Charlotte. We offer free and paid subscription plans. More info here. Lynn Wheeler, who passed away this weekend, served 14 years on the Charlotte City Council. She enjoyed spending time with political and business figures, including former Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn (upper right) and attorney Bill Diehl (lower right).

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You may already know of ma’amoul, one of the most famous cookies across the Arab world. While often associated with eid and Easter, it’s a popular treat year-round. They also exist in the South Eastern parts of Turkey, where they’re known as kömbe, but are rare in the rest of the country. Ma’amoul cookies are characterised by their pattern, courtesy of beautifully carved out wooden moulds made for the sole purpose of shaping these biscuits.

This is PopPoetry—a newsletter/blog-type-situation by Caitlin Cowan that you can learn more about here. If you like what you read and would be interested in having more pop up in your inbox, consider sharing this piece and subscribing. It seems like the world is ending. Truly. I know that every generation feels this way, and I suppose that this is my moment: the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice rage on while the sitting U.

Madison Layden clarified her future – and how the Boilermakers may look next season – when the senior confirmed she won’t be using her COVID year to remain with the program. Layden is eligible to play one more season but has elected to finish her career. Wednesday is Purdue’s final regular season game and Senior Day against Penn State. There’s an outside chance the Boilermakers could play a postseason game – Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament or the Postseason WNIT – in mid-March.

Madrid may be land locked but it feels like a relaxed beach town plopped in the middle of Europe. I couldn’t recommend it more. It has all of the sights (and shopping) you’d find in any European capital but with relaxed inhabitants who are extremely welcoming. You can find all of my Madrid travel videos here on TikTok as well as what I packed for my trip here! When you’re here, have some tapas, vermouth, vino tinto, sangria, pan con tomate, tortilla, torrija, churros, boquerones, lots of tinned fish and the best tacos I’ve had in Europe (!

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Readers, A big deal for me: this week I got to interview Melanie Mayron, a veteran actor and director whose work I’ve long admired, and whose characters have often resonated with me, and inspired me. Right now Mayron, 71, is starring with Marilu Henner, Caroline Aaron, and Brooke Adams in Mad Women of the West, an off-Broadway comedy by , playing at The Actor’s Temple on West 47th Street in Manhattan through Sunday, December 31, 2023.