Woman & Home

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I first read this when I was nine and it terrified me. We’d just moved into a Victorian house, where my bedroom was in the attic. I was convinced Bertha Mason lived in the box room and would set fire to me each night. The ‘mad woman in the attic’ is

Country Life

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• There are 10 million sheep in Wales and some three million people • Welsh gold has been used for royal wedding rings since 1923 • Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest place name in Europe. In English, it means ‘

Writer's Digest

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The best beginnings toss readers into the whirlwind that is going to be your story right as the action begins, giving them no choice but to read further. The best endings stick with readers for years after they’ve closed the book. WD editors got toge

Rail Express

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THREE of ScotRail’s ‘classic’ HST sets have been removed from service in recent weeks. October 31 saw the departure of Nos. 41136, 42047/207 and 44015, the four coaches being taken away by No. 37800 Cassiopeia as the 5L46/10.07 Haymarket-Ely Papworth

Woman & Home

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In Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, dramatic events mark the relationship between governess Jane and gruff Edward Rochester. They do marry, but only after facing a series of challenges that include a hidden wife locked in an attic, a devastating fire i

Literary Hub

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As I write this, more than 250 million people have been ordered to stay at home in attempt to slow the coronavirus pandemic. For many of those those lucky enough to be simply quarantined and not sick (or caring for anyone who is), the days have been

The Christian Science Monitor

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Shared reading memories I was enchanted by Robert Klose’s Sept. 4 Home Forum essay, “How I became a reader of books.” It brought back memories of my more than threescore years of reading, even as a small child. Having experienced the pleasure of boo

Literary Hub

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The 2017 Man Booker shortlist has been announced: Paul Auster, 4 3 2 1  Listen to Paul Auster discuss James Baldwin, activism, and Donald Trump’s rise to power. Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves Read Emily Fridlund on 11 classics of the new gothic ca

Horse & Hound

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WON 17 of 18 starts and £253,024.70 across three seasons from 1970, including: 1970 Middle Park Stakes, Newmarket 19712000 Guineas, Newmarket; St James’s Palace Stakes, Royal Ascot; Sussex Stakes, Goodwood (pictured); Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ascot

The Millions

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The 2019 Man Booker Prize shortlist is here! The post Man Booker Prize Names 2019 Shortlist appeared first on The Millions.

Shooting Times & Country

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Regarding Jamie Blackett’s comments about the “fastest growing” Scottish party, Alliance4Unity (Country Diary, 12 August), I try not to follow politics as I am, let’s say, in the autumn of life. However, I am concerned for my grandson’s future. It’s

The Paris Review

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From the cover of issue no. 136 (Fall 1995) of The Paris Review. It has been said, erroneously, that poets are cat people, novelists dog people. In fact, lots of novelists are into cats. Hilary Mantel included a photo of her cat in her Art of Fiction

Literary Hub

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Book publishing can be a tricky—and fickle—thing. Some of the classics we know and love today were instant bestsellers when they were originally published—and some were huge flops. While the numbers a book puts up during its first year in the world a

Rail Express

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WITH the last of GWR’s slam-door short HST sets having been removed from service at the end of December, three rakes of stock were sent to Long Marston for storage during February. Their arrival means there are now more than 100 surplus HST coaches o

Woman

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by Polly Crosby (£12.99, HarperCollins, HB) Romilly’s eccentric father is struggling with early-onset dementia. On finding fame with a series of children’s books starring his daughter, readers become convinced that his beautiful illustrations contain

The Railway Magazine

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A £116 MILLION scheme to reopen the Bristol to Portishead route to passengers has finally been given the go-ahead by the Department for Transport (DfT). Trains should return to the line in 2021 after the DfT plugged a £32m funding gap in April, cal

Rail Express

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TF (to TGFB): 41104/124/136/144/146/158/180 TS: 42033/035/129/200/206-208/250/255/256/263/268/277/288/296/299/300/502/567/574/579  TF: 41010/022/130/135 TS: 42009/010/012/013/023/029/030/032/047/054/056/077/078/096/144/185/209/245/267/279/280/295/3

Literary Hub

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One of my favorite things about skulking around old bookstores is the possibility of chancing upon a first edition of a beloved author’s early work and looking at it in its original context—not repackaged nor redesigned, not yet Made into a Major Mot

NPR

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For the first time, a writer from Northern Ireland has won the prestigious award. The story draws on Burns' own experiences during "the troubles."

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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Revel in a night of stirring Welsh song at your local church or inn, or head to St David’s Hall in Cardiff where Welsh folk group Calan joins BBC NOW with a UK premiere of Cân Cnawd y Pridd: five compositions inspired by traditional Welsh songs. stda

Scotland Magazine

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Missing Scotland? The St Andrew’s Society of LA, which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, has managed to land a series of interesting interview subjects for its YouTube St Andrew’s Society of LA Podcast channel. Most recently, Lord Thurso, ch

Literary Hub

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Are you superstitious? Do you beware the Ides of March? Do you step over cracks on Fridays that happen to fall on the 13th of any given month? But especially October? Do you toast dead writers on their would-have-been birthdays? Well, me too. Which m

Literary Hub

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Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel, Milkman. As of this afternoon, 27-year-old Daisy Johnson, the youngest author ever to make the Booker Prize shortlist, was also the favorite to win, with Ladbrokes giving the book 9/2 odds.

Writing Magazine

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The Wigtown Poetry Prize is open for entries The international Scottish poetry competition, which was refreshed and rebranded in 2019, welcomes entries from poets from anywhere in the world. There are prizes in various categories: • The Wigtown Prize

Literary Hub

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An English teacher once asked me, “Are you a writer or an editor?” This isn’t an unusual question, it seems: plenty of writers (and readers) have come up against it, even if it all just boils down to how many hours they have in the day. But some magi

Literary Hub

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This year’s Windham-Campbell Festival kicks off at Yale University on September 13th, and along with a glamorous awards ceremony to honor the winners of $165,000 each grant money, there will be a keynote presentation from none other than Karl Ove Kna

Literary Hub

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In case you haven’t noticed, this Sunday is Mother’s Day. Be nice to your mom. Maybe you could even hang out with her. I promise she’ll like it better than flowers that come in a box, or even a new book (sacrilege, I know). And hey, these twenty-two

Literary Hub

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Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared on June 20th, 1890, in the July issue of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, to major controversy and no small amount of hostility. According to Nicholas Frankel, editor of an annotated edition of th

Horse & Hound

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1957 – Crepello, winner of the 2000 Guineas and Derby 1959 – Petite Etoile, winner of the 1000 Guineas, Oaks, Sussex Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks and Champion Stakes 1968 – Sir Ivor, winner of the 2000 Guineas, Derby, Champion Stakes and Washington DC In

Literary Hub

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Philip Kerr’s 12th Bernie Gunther novel, Prussian Blue, is available now. What was the first book you fell in love with? First book I fell in love with was probably Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Name a classic you feel guilty about nev