Book of the Week
The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett Eva and Jim are nineteen and students at Cambridge when their paths first cross in 1958. Eva has a boyfriend, David, an ambitious actor who is also like Eva. The st ...
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More progress in Alzheimer’s prevention
A simple daily dose of an existing antiviral drug could slow, or even halt the progression of, Alzheimer’s disease, new research has claimed. Scientists say experiments have pinpointed a common virus ...
Birth and death of William Shakespeare are celebrated on the same day
Historians believe Shakespeare was born on this day – 23rd April – in 1564, the same day he died in 1616. Although the plays of William Shakespeare may be the most widely read works in the ...
Let’s not be so cavalier about the impact of the split of One Direction
In February 1996 when Take That announced their split, press reports were feverish about the prospect of fans, distraught at the news of the band’s demise, threatening to commit suicide, and being mou ...