The Irish novelist is at the height of his powers with a sequel to Brooklyn, set twenty years later Asked recently why he had chosen to write a sequel to his much-loved 2009 novel, Brooklyn, Colm ...

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British Energy chairman Adrian Montague is coming under pressure from investors and unions to cull the board of directors left over from the old regime. The views of bondholders and employees are ...

Rachel Daly scores ninth league goal of the season to wrap up Aston Villa’s 2-1 win over Tottenham, dishing out Spurs’ fifth consecutive WSL defeat Thank you so much for joining me for this ...

The rival US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have a unique opportunity today to set aside their differences and celebrate a sinister common bond. For no matter their political ...

An independent report commissioned by the Welsh Assembly will this week propose the abolition of upfront tuition fees for Welsh students. The report, which firmly rejects the UK-wide system for ...

Morrisons, which is based in Bradford, Yorkshire, last week completed its takeover of Safeway, making it the UK's fourth-biggest supermarket behind Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's. At the operating ...

Public high schools and other educational institutions will drop five regulations, including one requiring students to have black hair Controversial rules on hairstyles and underwear are to be ...

A portrait of Sacks taken by Bill Hayes titled Back Home, March 2015. Hayes, whose pictures have been published in the New York Times, the New Yorker and Granta, used photography as a way to ...

His liberal-baiting plays have caused punch-ups in the aisles and he hasn’t finished yet. As The Woods – his incendiary take on sexual politics – returns, the writer cuts loose ...

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