Book bans, burnings in ancient China were a loss for all. Is history repeating itself?
When Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang banned, then burned books it caused a loss of knowledge for all of humanity. Now book bans ...
Martin Lewis makes urgent plea to anyone booking a holiday this year
Money-saving guru Martin Lewis has warned 'do it right now' to any Brits who have booked a holiday - following a series of ...
The epic story of 50 years of Iron Maiden, metal’s ultimate band
Maiden’s second album, Killers, followed in 1981. It included Innocent Exile, the ground-zero Maiden song. It was the band’s first album with guitarist Adrian Smith, who had replaced Dennis Stratton.
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‘The moral crimes that led to it were committed over centuries’: exposing the Famine’s imperial roots
Charles Trevelyan was not a man who suffered overly from self-doubt. At the height of the Great Irish Famine in 1847, however ...
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Pádraic X Scanlan’s Famine polemic Rot leans too heavily on a simplistic myth
The Great Famine should not have happened. Not only was Ireland a Western European country, it was also part of the UK, the ...
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Memoir of a survivor - Sarah Corbett Lynch opens up about trauma, healing, and her fight for the truth
Sarah Corbett Lynch, author of A Time for Truth, shares her powerful story of overcoming childhood trauma, reclaiming her ...
The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway: An utterly readable book of real depth
An oddly original start and an ordinary enough family story unfold convincingly and enthrallingly, in rich, agile prose ...
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Could Trump Exit the North Atlantic Treaty — or Just Declare That Article V Isn’t a Suicide Pact?
Calls for America to leave the alliance come as Trump suggests Europe pick up more of the cost of Ukraine’s fight against ...
‘I wasn’t sick enough to access life-saving cancer therapy’
Six years after a shock melanoma diagnosis, Miriam Staunton is currently free of cancer and advocating for other patients ...
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'I went to the doctor with severe back pain and found out I had cancer'
The Sandyford woman managed to beat cancer twice and is now calling on her local community to go all in against the deadly ...
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Lawrence Durrell’s Odyssey of Greek Islands a Travel Masterpiece
The Greek Islands by Durrell is one of the most exciting travel books. It is a launching place to learn about history, the ...