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There's a moment when you open a book and the very first sentence stops you cold. You read it again.Then once more. Something about it just hooks you in a way that's almost unfair.A single line, ...

You've likely heard the saying, "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb," so it should come as no surprise that some ...

Experts have expressed dismay after a hoard of historically important Iron Age gold coins were sold to anonymous US collectors. The Bury St Edmunds hoard fetched a total of £33,200 when it went under ...

World voyages bound for the Caribbean or further south may stop at the Portuguese island of Madeira or Spain’s Canary Islands. Other crossings may travel northwards, such as a Windstar Cruises voyage ...

Leeds songbird Corinne Bailey Rae has joined the line-up of Likkle Lit Fest, a new festival of Black literature for children and young adult readers, in her home city. The Grammy Award-winning ...

Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that tests your recognition of memorable lines. This week’s installment is all about love, highlighting lines about attraction and relationships from ...

There are a few old trees with wide trunks—I do not know their names—just beside my library. I never forget to have a quick look at the leaves during coming and going to the library. Changes in the ...

Composer Finn Anderson and director Tania Azevedo have created a powerful generational journey through the history of Appalachian song Much of the music of central Appalachia – the mountainous region ...

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