Forget Jesus sandals. The recent surge of interest in Craig Venter has seen the modest, immaterialist earth-born god reinvented. In his...

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In last week’s episode of ‘Lark Rise to Candleford’, two women vied for a rare opportunity to teach at the village school, eager to...

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It was the sort of mud that seems intent on dragging you down, slurping up your ankles and slipping under your soles. But the view redeemed...

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Imagine this. You go from the cool summer night into a sweltering, booming marquee, and strip off a layer or two as you squeeze your way...

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Bill Bryson is great with anecdotes, but somewhat lazy with research. In the opening chapter of Mother Tongue, he sets out to show...

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