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Great Adaptations cover

Great Adaptations, are they the way to tackle climate change?

Has the issue of climate change got you thinking? Or does the thought of it fill you with dread? A new book uses real-life stories to offer some hope…

God, Does Humanity Exist by poet Kamand Kojouri

New poetry collection focuses on resistance and hope

God, Does Humanity Exist? is a new collection of poems from Kamand Kojouri focusing on suffering, resistance, and, most importantly, hope…

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Five books to transport you from isolation

You’ve survived a month of lockdown, you’ve cleaned the house from top to bottom, finished the DIY and baked all the bread you can possibly eat. Maybe it’s time to put your feet up with a good book?

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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