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The WORD book festival is back in Christchurch with a royal twist. In a New Zealand exclusive, organisers will beam in the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, from her home in Windsor. The duchess - who was previously married to Prince Andrew - will talk about the new romance novel based on her story and that of her ancestor. The book was reportedly inspired by Ferguson's great-great-aunt, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott, but also draws parallels from her own experiences. With an array of events to challenge, excite and entertain the city, the festival will arrive in late August. Programme c...

Das türkische Marmarameer ist von einer durch Algen ausgelösten Schleimplage befallen.

It was April 2019. I was seven months pregnant and in Topshop, looking for something large in which to rehome my body. I was wearing a maternity dress that, if you had seen me pregnant, you would have recognised – a cheap, pleated wraparound in a red floral print that expanded as I expanded. I imagined Issey Miyake, but increasingly looked more like an armchair. It had served me well, but I was determined to buy something, anything, to see me...

Laura and Charan interviewed Riya Al'Sanah about the general strike in Palestine. This interview was first published by Notes From Below.

Michelangelo painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. That would be too high up for little kids to see, so Milwaukee's Lois Ehlert puts her art on the floor leading into the Milwaukee Public Library Central Library's children's room when it was renovated in 1998.  Prompted by a commission from interior designer Susie Fondrie, Ehlert thought about pictographs she had seen during a visit to Peru. So Ehlert fashioned pictographic animals to welcome children into the space.  "I had to come to terms with the idea that people would walk on my art," Ehlert said with a chuckle during a 2008...