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Gosh and crikey, everyones got it in for Enid Blyton and jolly well no mistake. The headlines over the years are enough to make your fishpaste sandwiches curl.

Enid Blyton was outwardly an unimpeachable national treasure. But her private life was rather more complicated. Above: With second husband Kenneth Darrell Waters, who she married in 1943.

Are there Brexit-era lessons to be learned from the installation of checkpoints 100 years ago?

As a key symbol of independence, the Irish Free State was determined to quickly diverge from the British fiscal space. Customs barriers were to follow

Are there Brexit-era lessons to be learned from the installation of checkpoints 100 years ago?

This weekend 100 years ago, on April 1 1923, a 'temporary frontier' on imported goods was placed on the boundary line between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.

A group of James Joyce enthusiasts gathered in Royston to celebrate 'Bloomsday' - marking 100 years since his famous novel 'Ulysses' was published.

The bestselling children’s author knew exactly how to reel in her fans, develop her brand, and circumvent stuffy BBC rulings

Loyalists petrol-bomb Belfast bus as violence continues in NI Loyalists petrol-bomb Belfast bus as violence continues in NI Loyalist violence has been ongoing in Northern Ireland over the past six days with 41 police officers injured across the region. Facebook Comments Loyalist rioters petrol-bombed and hijacked a double-decker bus in Belfast as violence continued in Northern Ireland. The loyalist youths also launched violent attacks on the PSNI and assaulted a Belfast Telegraph photo...