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bbc.co.uk: Chris Cleave, Sebastian Barry, Patrick McGrath and Louis de Bernieres bbc.co.uk

Letter to mother earns Times man place on premier book prize shortlist

timesonline.co.uk
6 hrs ago 10 related
        

A Times writer has been shortlisted for a leading literary prize for a book that started out as a letter to his mother. When Sathnam Sanghera wanted to explain to his parents why he did not want an arranged marriage he started...

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planet-rugby.com: Stepping up: Haskell replaces Croft on flank planet-rugby.com

Haskell is recalled to battle Boks

independent.co.uk
5 hrs ago 50 related
        

No one ever accused Martin Johnson of asking his playing colleagues to do something he was not prepared to do himself, and the ferocious old Leicester lock is sticking to his principles in his new role as England manager....

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Symonds, all-round bad boy, rides to rescue of Australia

independent.co.uk
5 hrs ago 17 related
        

In 1995, Andrew Symonds was made England's young cricketer of the year. It wasn't his fault. This is worth making clear because he has been eminently culpable for most of the other contentious events in his career since.

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La's Orchestra Saves the World, By Alexander McCall Smith

independent.co.uk
5 hrs ago
        

Among his many talents, Alexander McCall Smith plays the contra-bassoon in the Really Terrible Orchestra, which he helped to found in Edinburgh. From the title of his new novel, the reader might expect a light-hearted romp...

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Janet Street-Porter: Who can say now that mother always knows best?

independent.co.uk
5 hrs ago
        

What damage do you have to inflict on a child – and for how long – to be deemed an unfit mother? I will never forget the heart-rending image of Baby P, his head roughly shaved, with blood around his ear and chocolate smeared...

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Best of Scotland by Robert Ritchie

scotsman.com
5 hrs ago
        

Published Date: 19 November 2008 SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: It's impossible to overstate the impact of this efflorescence of creativity – speculative, scientific, artistic – in our small nation. ABERDEEN: I spent holidays in...

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Best literary hotspot

scotsman.com
5 hrs ago
        

Published Date: 19 November 2008 JURA Scotland's most inspirational island, the Hebridean Isle of Jura, on the west coast, has a long and rich literary history. Jura Malt Whisky and the Scottish Book Trust now offer authors the...

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FA agree to be the agents of change

dailymail.co.uk
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The FA are going back to the drawing board in their long battle to bring in regulations to control football agents, who have persuaded them that the current rules are not working. After years of preparation, the FA had finally...

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Miner 'didn't realise he was signing away his money'

timesonline.co.uk
5 hrs ago 10 related
        

A former coalminer told a tribunal that he was “treated terribly” by a solicitors’ firm that sliced a £2,330 “success fee” from compensation he was awarded for industrial disease. John Straw said outside the hearing that he was...

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CRANE AIMING HIGH

sportinglife.com
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By Alex Lowe, PA Sport Rugby Union Reporter Jordan Crane insists he will not be daunted by the prospect of making his England debut against world champions South Africa and their vaunted back row. Crane, who is 6ft 3in and...

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