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Quiz books are the answer to falling non-fiction sales, data shows
2025 was the best year for quiz book sales since records began in 1998; while Bibles also proved popularIf the question is which genre bucked the prevailing trend in publishing to record a remarkable rise in readership last year, the answer is clear: q…
Rare items of Charles Dickens’ clothing to go on display in London
Exhibition includes linen shirt collar from when author suffered a fatal stroke along with other personal itemsRare surviving items of Charles Dickens’ clothing, including the linen shirt collar worn by the writer when he suffered his fatal stroke in 1…
Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock star and anti-war singer, dies aged 84
Musician behind Vietnam war protest hit I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag dead from Parkinson’s complications, his wife confirms“Country Joe” McDonald, a hippy rock star of the 1960s whose protest track I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag rebuked the Vie…
UK’s performing arts industry ‘inhospitable to parents’, research warns
Long hours, lack of flexibility and last-minute scheduling driving parents, particularly mothers, from industryThe performing arts industry in the UK is “inhospitable to parents” and falling far behind other industries in supporting women who have chil…
Descendants of Zimbabwe resistance heroes urge UK to locate looted skulls
Relatives call on institutions to help them find remains of ancestors who led fight against British colonisers in 1890sDescendants of freedom fighters executed and beheaded in southern Africa by colonial British forces have called on the Natural Histor…
Campaign seeks 50 objects to ‘take the heat’ out of Englishness debate
Billy Bragg, Sarah Lucas and Kojo Koram among those encouraging people to share cultural artefactsFor some people it’s a Morris Minor, for others, a beach windbreak, chicken tikka masala or Magna Carta.A new campaign is aiming to collect 50 objects tha…
Jamie Dunn, radio personality and Agro puppeteer, dies aged 76
Presenter who entertained children with his sharp-witted, furry puppet Agro Vation, remembered for his brash and unapologetic humourGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJamie Dunn, a veteran radio personality who unleashed the pup…
Kennedy Center exodus continues as National Symphony director Jean Davidson exits
Davidson said she found it difficult to remain, ‘given the external forces that are at work that are just so far beyond my control’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe executive director of the National Symph…
‘Someone’s paid a grand in cash’: fans camp out in Manchester for first Harry Styles concert since 2023
Styles will perform new album in full at Co-op Live arena show, with tickets being traded for well above £20 face valueMore than 20,000 fans from all over the world flocked towards the Co-op Live arena in Manchester on Friday to watch Harry Styles perf…