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Throughout her life, the “Damsel of Cyprus” (born circa 1177) was used as a political and diplomatic tool in the conflicts of men. She was the daughter of Isaac Komnenos, the emperor of Cyprus. Her own name was never recorded, although historians have suggested it may have been either Beatrice…

Be it the understated romance of Japanese epic Shōgun, Danny Dyer’s tree sex in Rivals or Adam Brody risking his career for love – this was the year TV stole hearts

It’s the time of year when many of us return to our favourite Christmas fables to get into the festive spirit.

Rachel Shenton and Emily Atack to appear in The Rumour

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Vaudevillian musical stages the story of a woman who cast herself as Princess Dinubolu of Senegal to become a beauty queen in 1908 Southend

Joanna, 52, and Julie, 49, met on a school exchange trip in 1989, then lost touch. An early email directory brought them back together and led to some of the best times of their lives

Photographer Dan Dennison has documented three families around the UK from Manchester, Wiltshire and London and their struggles due to the two-child limit to benefits

Australian painter whose works married landscape and figurative styles, and drew heavily on his time in New Guinea

Joanna and Sarah, both 28, were strangers when they decided to live together while studying abroad in Paris, but they bonded over a series of housing disasters

The woman shared the ridiculous extra charges she was saddled with and even recorded her bonkers phone conversation with the host. The post “Do Not Sit In This Chair”: Woman Shares All The Insane Notes Left By Her Airbnb Host first appeared on Bored Panda.