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A new wave of genre-bending novels reflects our present reality by showing us the past and future. 

Our earliest cottages were ‘wattle and daub’ – battens with mud – roofed with timber shingles and canvas. Unsecure and weather-frail the settlers pined for the qualities of homes left behind: solid brick walls with slate roofs, and they set about obtaining it. However, the desire for a ‘solid home’ met with difficulties for first settlers. Having exhausted the cabbage tree palms, they found the Angophoras and Eucalypts too tough for their 18th C English axes.

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How a forest near Oslo is being transformed into a future library.

BITS ‘N’ PIECESEvery year since 2014, the Scottish artist Katie Paterson has invited a prominent writer to submit a manuscript, and the commissioning will continue until 2113. Then, a century after the project Future Library began, they will...

A man accused of shooting and killing his wife before driving her body to the El Paso County jail made his first court appearance Wednesday, where the prosecution informed him

Nadine Dorries (pictured) has stood firm in her loyalty to Prime Minister Boris Johnson despite over 30 walkouts today - prompting a host of mocking memes on social media.

The story of Septimius Severus, the African Emperor who ruled the Roman Empire from Britain in 211 AD, was gripping

A man accused of shooting and killing his wife before driving her body to the El Paso County jail made his first court appearance Wednesday, where the prosecution informed him

RE-OPENING dates for historic castles which attract more than 75,000 people per year need to be announced, according to an MSP.