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Jung Chang says there is a 'vast army' of censors 'diligently deleting' her banned works in China ...

Emma Bridgewater, Britain's favourite pottery designer, tells the Hay Festival that Britain needs to put factories back at the heart of communities ...

BBC drama Death Comes To Pemberley got its food etiquette all wrong, says historian ...

Matthew Stadlen enjoys Miles Jupp's comedy and gets some answers about physics on Day Three of Salisbury Festival 2014 ...

Mary Berry's popularity at the Hay Festival shows that food has become an essential ingredient on the literary and thoughtful festival circuit, says Sarah Crompton ...

Complaints about sound quality in Quirke follow controversy over Jamaica Inn ...

The mods and rockers in BBC Four 's Timeshift had such fun, says Michael Hogan ...

The comedy show's Reunion Special was an ideal way to round off a Bank Holiday, says Michael Hogan ...

Michael Hogan reviews the results of the first live semi-final on Britain's Got Talent 2014 ...

Doctor Who could be female next time - but only if the perfect candidate pops into Steven Moffat's head ...

Dame Vera Lynn thought people would forget about her role as a wartime entertainer ...

Children are being distracted by technology and spending little time with their parents during family meals, research has found ...

Kiwi musician Dane Rumble is rumoured to have married in an intimate ceremony in Bali on the weekend....

A New Kingdom tomb dating back to 1100 B.C. has been found at Saqqara in Egypt. Archaeologists from Cairo University stumbled upon what is believed to be the tomb of Paser – Egypt’s royal ambassador to foreign countries during the late Ramesside period as well as the army archives holder. The tomb is temple-shaped and ...

The foundations of a 19th-century circular prison block has been unearthed at Pentridge Prison in southern Australia. Archaeologist and ABC TV host Adam Ford said a teenage Ned Kelly, when at Pentridge for three years in the early 1870s, would have spent time in at least one of them. ‘‘He went in to Pentridge a ...

("BBC News," May 24, 2014) The Catholic church plays a powerful role in the Philippines but last month it lost a significant battle in its bid to prevent a government-backed family planning programme. Aurora Almendral asks if the church is losing its grip on the islands. In the last five years, Jennievic Betana, who is just 24 years old, has been pregnant four times....

Nicole Winfield (AP, May 26, 2014) (JERUSALEM) — Francis deviated from his whirlwind itinerary to visit a memorial to Israeli victims of terrorism, giving Israel his full attention a day after voicing strong solidarity for the Palestinian cause. At the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, Francis prayed before a crypt with ashes of victims and laid a wreath of yellow and white flowers in the “Hall of Remembrance....

Photograph purportedly shows a veteran wearing a 'bullsh*t protector' ear flap during a speech by President Barack Obama....

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