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18th century Samuel Johnson letter to young girl sells for £38,460

The item had been found stashed among a number of historic letters in a cupboard in a Gloucestershire country house.

The Independent UK

Straight from the Blagojevich playbook

Like our disgraced former governor, Chicago’s current mayor thinks he can quote his way out of a tight spot.

Chicago Sun-Times

Can Sunak’s rightwing war on ‘woke’, migrants and the environment save the Tories?

We asked a panel of commentators for their view on the government’s latest strategy

The Guardian - UK

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Portrait of TV comedy icon sneaked into stately home - and mistaken for Shakespeare

The painting should be instantly recognisable to most Britons - but some visitors to Audley End House wrongly thought it depicted the Bard or Sir Walter Raleigh

Daily Mirror

Blackadder portrait appears at historic mansion house leaving visitors scratching their heads

The oil painting shows Rowan Atkinson's BBC sitcom character in his Elizabethan attire

Wales Online

Just Stop Oil activists in court after protest at Gallagher Premiership final

Samuel Johnson, 40, of Reydon, Suffolk, and Patrick Hart, 37, of Brislington, Bristol, invaded the pitch, Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court was told.

The Independent UK

Bristol GP charged for Just Stop Oil protest at the Gallagher Premiership rugby final

Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the Twickenham Stadium pitch midway through the first half of the match between Saracens and Sale, throwing orange paint powder onto the field

Bristol Post

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Pretty Young Rebel tells the rollercoaster life of a great Scottish figure

SKULKING. There’s a lot of that going on in this rambunctious biography. Furtive dashing from here to there: that was Flora Macdonald’s lot.

The National (Scotland)

‘Hang up your hat, mate’: Samuel Johnson calls time on Molly Meldrum after Elton stunt

Australian actor and author Samuel Johnson has called for Molly Meldrum to ‘hang up his hat’ after a series of mis-timed on-stage incidents

The New Daily

‘It was more than a pub’ – the story of five boozers forced to call last orders

Squeezed by the pandemic, staff shortages, redevelopment and a cost of living crisis, pubs across the country are shutting in droves. We meet five landlords who have recently had to call time for good

The Guardian - UK

Robbie Coltrane: a totally singular talent from Cracker to Harry Potter – cerebral, physical and unforgettable

From early comedy in Tutti Frutti to damaged psychologist Fitz, via Hagrid, Falstaff, Blackadder and finally National Treasure’s complex, hard-to-hate lead, Coltrane – who has died aged 72 – was a one-off

The Guardian - UK

I left Hackney for Hollywood — LA has nothing on London’s thrum, theatres and late-night thrill

He moved to Los Angeles a decade ago, but Simon Stephenson always knew his latest thriller novel had to be set in London. He explains why the British capital will always have the edge on other cities

Evening Standard

Climate activists ‘won’t leave tunnel until Government makes meaningful promise’

Just Stop Oil campaigners have dug and occupied the tunnel underneath St Clements Way in Grays – a key delivery route for a nearby oil terminal.

The Independent UK

At last, the Tories prove that Brexit has polluted the UK

Having raw sewage lapping around the UK is a fitting symbol of our freedom from the tyranny of EU red tape

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Ex-Olympic boxer avoids jail over affray

Professional boxer Jason Eric Whateley, 31, has been sentenced to a corrections order after he admitted a September 2020 affray.

The Canberra Times

Love Your Sister returns to bittersweet location of Connie Johnson's amazing last hurrah

The courts were the bittersweet location for Connie Johnson's amazing last hurrah, the Big Heart Project, in 2017

Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal to find boy, 16, missing from Manchester for nearly a week

Police believe he may have travelled more than 200 miles since going missing on August 2

The Guardian - AU

Archibald prize 2022: Jeremy Eden’s portrait of actor Samuel Johnson wins people’s choice award

The Secret Life of Us actor and winning artist bonded over their shared experiences losing loved ones to cancer

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Archies crowd pick Samuel Johnson portrait

Artist Jeremy Eden has spoken of the bond he formed with actor and charity founder Samuel Johnson after his portrait won the Archibald People's Choice Award.

The Hindu

Data science, management, law offer exciting career opportunities, say experts

Seminar sheds light on life beyond engineering and medicine

The Walrus

How a Tourette’s Diagnosis Helped Me Understand Who I Am

I long resisted looking for the cause of my tics. Then I received a diagnosis that changed everything

Salon

An unhealthy empire state of mind

Experts agree that nationalism plays on psychological impulses that do not bring out the best in human beings

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Careers in humanities, law offering exciting opportunities, say speakers

The Hindu FIC, in association with VIT-AP , holds seminar in Nambur for VVIT-VIVA students

The Guardian - UK

Wit, wisdom and better than Wordle: why you should visit Dr Johnson’s birthplace museum

You don’t need to have tired of London to enjoy this attraction celebrating the great lexicographer in his home town of Lichfield

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