The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945 has long been regarded as a historical watershed – but did it mark the start of a new era or the culmination of longer-term trends? Philip ...

A stamp of recognition, it flags up Ordnance Terrace in Chatham, Kent as the one-time home of Charles Dickens ... see the hulks (prison ships) from Great Expectations.' The Medway skyline is ...

His rundown was recorded in his office at Buckingham Palace and covers decades of music. As well as sharing his top music, King Charles also reveals why the songs mean so much to him and the ...

Following four Nigerian women in North America and Africa – a travel writer, a lawyer, a banker and a maid – Adichie explores love, ambition, family expectations, and the forces that shape ...

In both Charles Dickens’ Oliver ... compelling I found the world that Dickens created, the underworld of London that he shows you in those parts of the book. I didn’t want to lose that.

However, there are several covers that hold up to the first recordings. Here are just four of them. The Cramps released their cover of “Fever” on their debut album Songs the Lord Taught Us ...

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In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson, along with 12 others, made the perilous journey by boat from Iceland to the island of Eldey. They were searching for great auks ...

Few authors have left a mark on literature as much as Charles Dickens. With novels packed ... it’s a gripping and emotional read. 3. Great Expectations 842,787 ratings | 3.80 average rating ...

Charles Dickens' very name has become synonymous with the poverty and harsh conditions he described evocatively in his novels about life in Victorian Britain. So theatregoers are unlikely to be ...