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Sunday, June 9, 2013
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
James Boswell revolutionised the way we see great men – and women
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Ever since the 'Life of Samuel Johnson’, the biography has been a force in British culture, says the authorised biographer of Margaret...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Who fathered Michael Jackson's children? Lawsuit may end years of guessing biological origins of King of Pop's kids
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Given the blue eyes of his daughter and his own African identity, it is almost inconceivable that she is his genetic daughter The suit ag...
Monday, April 15, 2013
A modern Mona Lisa
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Her faraway look is because she was drunk at the time A MUGSHOT of a woman has gone viral, prompting declarations of love from across ...
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Innovation: backwards evolution?
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Richard Glover Why, in various eateries, do they now insist on serving food on a wooden board? They don't seem to understand: th...
Friday, April 12, 2013
A heartfelt letter to my grieving mother and Maggie's great unknown quality - her human kindness
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By Tom Utley At my father’s funeral in 1988, Margaret Thatcher arrived more than an hour before the rest of the mourners. She took her p...
Monday, April 8, 2013
Tristan da Cunha
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It is the world's most remote group of islands, 6,173 miles from Britain, and has more birds and penguins than human residents. But ...
Protestants 'work harder' and their mental wellbeing is more affected when they are unemployed
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People in Protestant countries work harder because they feel guiltier about taking time off, a study has found. And while unemployment g...
Friday, April 5, 2013
Mr Osborne looks like a French aristo in a powdered wig. But that's no reason to put on this prolier than thou routine
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Tom Utley offers some thoughts on the British class system Whenever I see George Osborne on the telly, I remember a friend’s brilliant ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Bach
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Ivan Hewett There are certain areas of feeling that classical music does especially well. One of them is the sense that everything will ...
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Nest feels a little emptier after family ties fortified by floodwaters
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A tale from Brisbane's big flood by John Henningham OF COURSE you must stay with us, I assured my suddenly homeless son. For as long...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
So Jacob, did you really go canvassing in a Bentley with your nanny? No! It was mummy's Mercedes: JANE FRYER meets the poshest man in politics
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The honourable member for Somerset North East, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is enjoying a bit of a purple patch. He has recently been described a...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The flood dog that miraculously came back to life
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A southeast Queensland council is putting out a call for anybody who recognises this plucky pooch to get in touch. The series of images rel...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
A 1956 Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire
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Complete with suicide doors I always admired them in their day.
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