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Trumps second impeachment moving to the senate. Indian media reporting a fierce brawl between indian and chinese troops in flare up along their disputed border. Concern over new variants of covid i9 are leading to tougher travel restrictions around the world. One of those variants originated in the uk. This is the Governments Health secretary. As we have throughout this unprecedented crisis, we are learning more all the time, and the new variant that was first discovered in kent, which comprises...

On Saturday 12 December 1964, Harold Wilson addressed his first Labour party conference as prime minister, George Harrison was photographed with his new girlfriend in the Bahamas, Pope Paul VI told Catholics they could drink alcohol ‘in moderation’ before Midnight Mass and, according to the Mirror, ‘two strip-tease girls fought in the nude in their

<strong>Letters: </strong>Readers share their tips on discovering new authors and reading more widely

Anthony Akerman explains what drew him to Roy Campbell and takes the reader on a literary pilgrimage that ends in a remote Portuguese hillside cemetery.

From the age of 15, Michael Tippett's music was a source of profound inspiration for Andrew Davis

Speaking on the Third Programme, the Minister of Finance clarified that the abolition of the reduction in fuel consumption tax scheduled for March 31 will proceed as planned. He further stated that it is Cyprus obligation towards the EU to abolish all horizontal consumer support measures and that t

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight. Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.

Over 1,000 radio plays have been returned to the BBC Archives by the Radio Circle

Of the BBC’s main radio stations, the one that has proved most resistant to meddling is Radio 3. While Radio 2 has fretted about its core audience and ditched some of its most cherished presenters, and Radio 1 has exercised regular clearouts in a bid to keep up with the “yoof”, Radio 3 has remained a beacon of sanity, offering expertly curated classical music, jazz and “world music”, as well as the best spoken-word radio in the world. Standards have been high, ...

As any habitual newspaper-reader will know, feckless millennials have ruined marriage, the workplace, the oil industry and potatoes. But now my generation has been given a chance to redeem itself: we might just save Radio 3. When Alan Davey stepped down as controller of the station last year, that departure was arguably overdue. If I’d been in his shoes in 2019, when 500 noteworthy names from the arts signed a furious open letter attacking his programming, I’d have changed my name ...