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'I never thought all these years later my scruffy notebooks would be of such interest'

Writer and broadcaster Hunter Davies said he was pleased the items will now be available to the public and researchers.

Far from their families in Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Chad, the young authors of Cooked with Love have found a way to recreate their favourite meals – and share them with the world

It's here - we preview The Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition ahead of its weekend opening which includes an immersive experience inviting visitors to spend time in contemplation at an emotional moment in history

Jane Austen’s works are globally renowned, but they were unknown in China until 1935 when two different translations of Pride and Prejudice were published. Today, her novels are increasingly popular and have been translated into Chinese many times – notably there have been 60 different retranslations of Pride and Prejudice.

This mind-bending illuminated manuscript was created in AD700 by Eadfrith, a monk who was as entranced by pattern and abstraction as Jackson Pollock

‘THE initial feeling was that what we had found was great, but we assumed it was in print because there was so much interest.” That was how Leon…

The Arnolfini connects with forests, the V&A shows Sokari Douglas Camp and the British Library explores a precious metal – all in your weekly dispatch

Delegates from the Yahgan and Kawéskar communities visited London last month to study the artifacts for the first time.

Camden’s “inspirational” first black headteacher has been honoured with a 15 metre long mural outside her old school.

That the arrival of Europeans in the New World in 1492 led to a massive shift in the ecological landscape has been widely accepted for the past 50 years. Suddenly a trans-Atlantic exchange – maize for wheat, tomatoes for apples, tobacco for horses – meant that plants and animals were…