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Pensioner John Green smacked John Thomson twice in the face after "harmless banter", causing him to fall and hit his head on the pavement. His brother has said Green's sentence is "absolute madness".

How do you review a novel when its author has already written a book-length work of criticism on it before it was published? The rise of the Creative Writing PhD in Australia has created this perhaps unexpected dilemma for critics, who will now find that many contemporary novels come predigested,…

An Edinburgh dad has paid tribute to his late wife and much-loved primary school teacher after she sadly passed away in 2016. Inspired by Eileen's passion, Darren is taking on some big challenges.

Blanchett in imperious zealot mode is hard to resist, but Warwick Thornton’s story of orphans and evangelists in the 40s outback never quite fulfils its promise

John Crawford was killed by the UVF in January 1974 at the furniture workshop he owned in West Belfast.

The report from the UVF also confirmed the family’s suspicion there had been collusion in the murder

Catherine and Jo Montgomery have been sent threatening letters and texts that mistakenly told them they have been in dereliction of their duties after the death of their mum Eileen

Stephen Buoro’s tale of a teenager in Nigeria, hanging with his friends and hankering after white girls, ticks all the boxes of a literary blockbuster

Colin From Accounts sees two Sydney singletons thrown together when one of them runs over a stray pooch. Plus, Naked Education. Here’s what to watch this evening