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BBC Audio | What in the World | What the popularity of period dramas says about modern dating

4+ hour, 6+ min ago  (86+ words) Trump vs Climate: The Showdown Does birth order shape your personality? It's the year of the Fire Horse! Why is the gold price so high right now?! How big a deal is Andrew being arrested? We also discuss whether some…...

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Dal muslim ah oo ciidamadii ugu horreeyey u diraya Qasa

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (541+ words) Xigashada Sawirka, AFP via Getty Images Dalka Indonesiya ayaa sheegay inay diyaarinayaan ilaa 8,000 oo askari oo ay u dirayaan Qaza, iyada oo noqonaysa waddankii ugu horreeyay ee tallaabadan qaada, arrintan oo qayb ka ah marxaladda labaad ee heshiiskii xabbad-joojinta ee…...

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Wuthering Heights review: This bold reinvention of Emily Brontë's novel is 'sexy, dramatic and swoonily romantic'

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (914+ words) Starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, Emerald Fennell's new take on the classic romance is far from faithful to the original book " but it is "utterly absorbing" in its own right. Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is not very faithful to…...

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Kent author shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (298+ words) A Kent writer says she is "overjoyed and honoured" to be shortlisted for a Waterstones children's book prize. Booksellers and school children vote for the books they believe are "the very best in new children's writing and illustration". Steph Williamson's…...

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Julia Donaldson: author reveals name for third Gruffalo book

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (464+ words) Children's author Julia Donaldson has revealed the title of her much-anticipated new Gruffalo book, in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Gruffalo Granny - the third in the popular series about the fictional beast and his family and friends…...

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Gruffalo Granny: Julia Donaldson reveals new character and title for third book

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (824+ words) Children's author Julia Donaldson has revealed the new title and lead character of her much-anticipated new Gruffalo book. Gruffalo Granny - the third in the popular series about the fictional monster and his family and friends - will be released in hardback…...

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Wuthering Heights: Jacob Elordi 'practised Northern accent in the bath'

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1130+ words) Ever wondered how an actor from Brisbane, Australia, perfects a Northern accent? The answer may surprise you. "I just practice it in the bath, over and over and over and over," said Jacob Elordi, who is starring as Heathcliffe in…...

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Faisal Islam: Mandelson, Darling and the conversation I can't forget

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (690+ words) For a decade and a half, I have wondered about a private conversation I had with the late Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Gordon Brown, about the financial crisis. Darling told me about a painful and angry telephone…...

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Pembrokeshire World War One autograph book intrigues historians

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (778+ words) A prize signature for a modern Welsh autograph book may be Gareth Bale or Michael Sheen, but for one teenager during World War One, the entries were rather more eclectic and now historians hope to uncover more about the people…...

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BBC Audio | Bookclub | Sarah Bernstein

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (105+ words) Gillian Wheelan This was a BBC Audio Scotland production. See more episodes Programme website Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external ... Available for over a year The Canadian writer Sarah Bernstein speaks…...