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Tudor treachery and fantasy tales
This manor has links to Henry VIII and a children’s storybook hero
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Oct, 9 Table Talk: The Fable, London EC1
The writer Aesop, praised by Sophocles, loved by Socrates, admired by Aristotle, has been made into a cocktail. Or at least, the Aesop’s Fable cocktail — pink, natch — is one of the greasy
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Sep, 27 A Little History of Literature by John Sutherland
Inspired by Ernst Gombrich’s A Little History of the World , which was written for a friend’s daughter in 1935, but became a surprise bestseller on its republication in 2005, Yale’s Little Histories imprint
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Sep, 12 Cherchez la femme in literature row
Literature may purport to open the mind but in France it seems to serve as a pretext for perpetuating narrow sexist stereotypes.
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Aug, 27 University fat cat claims for £2 rail ticket
The principal of one of Scotland’s biggest universities has claimed for a slice of cake, a bottle of water and a £2 rail fare on expenses, despite earning more than a quarter of a
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Aug, 15 Dylan awarded Nobel prize for literature
Bob Dylan has become the first songwriter to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Jul, 30 Life does flash before you, but in the wrong order
There have long been tales of people’s life flashing before their eyes in near-fatal incidents. Now, however, scientists have said that the phenomenon does occur but not in the way that it is usually
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Jul, 20 Every school will get mental health expert, pledges May
The prime minister is to pump 1bn into the fight against mental illness as part of the biggest shake-up for three decades
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Jul, 5 A week on common painkillers may increase heart attack risk
Common painkillers such as ibuprofen raise your risk of a heart attack by about 50 per cent as soon as you start taking them, the first study of its kind suggests. and for the
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Jun, 22 Britain comes second in Europe for its ‘nannying’ rules on health
European countries have become more restrictive as public health “nannies” introduce ever more regulations or bans on alcohol, fizzy drinks, eating, e-cigarettes and tobacco, a report claims today.
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