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When OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration enterprise, created a promotional video for its ill-fated US$250,000-per-head trip to see the wreck of the Titanic, it told prospective passengers to “Get ready for what Jules Verne could only imagine – a 12,500-foot journey to the bottom of the sea.” Those behind the video…

Meghan Markle has reportedly been warned to "be careful" of her sister-in-law Kate Middleton after insiders reveal that the Princess of Wales is willing to "play dirty if she has to"

Sindiwe Magona – who turns 80 this year – is a celebrated South African writer, storyteller, speaker and activist. In 2022 Magona, once a domestic worker, received her PhD in creative writing. Best known for her novels, autobiographies, short stories, poems and children’s books, she’s also a writer of essays.…

The Czech novelist found himself silenced by the communist regime at home, but achieved international fame with playfully philosophical fiction

Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris at the age of 94, Czech media said Wednesday

Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris at the age of 94, Czech media said Wednesday.

The former Culture Secretary claims to have uncovered a 'history of treachery and deceit' as she points the finger at "powerful, unaccountable forces behind the scenes" for the shamed ex-PM's downfall

The former prime minister’s staunch ally claims to have uncovered a ‘fault line’ within the Conservative Party.

The singer’s battle to end her 13-year conservatorship will be covered in the book as she vows to share ‘her truth’