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The actor and trade unionist Derek Bond, who has died aged 87, enjoyed a brief period of stardom at Ealing Studios in the 1940s, projecting an urbane, gentlemanly image on to the screen. Forty years later, however, his deeply conservative views brought about his downfall as president of the actors' union Equity, and showed him

Imagine a normal day; you wake up, half-asleep, forcing yourself into the regular routine, the normal day-to-day procedure of getting into school uniform, going downstairs to grumble a 'hi' to your parents and then hurriedly eating breakfast as you realise the bus is about to leave any minute.

Elizabeth Gaskell is a literary criminal, who, in 1857, perpetrated a heinous act of grave-robbing. Gaskell took Charlotte Bront, the author of Jane Eyre, the dirtiest, darkest, most depraved fantasy of all time, and, like an angel murdering a succubus, trod on her. In a "biography" called The Life of Charlotte Bront, published just two

France and Ireland are the teams to beat, but a Gatland-inspired Wales could spring a surprise Who will win? France have one eye on this years World Cup and have some injuries. Which gives Ireland the chance to underline their world No 1 ranking with a first title since 2018. If that implies a smooth,

Many residents in East Jackson were raised to identify as black. But what dictates race: where you live, your DNA, the history youre taught? The stale, smoky air around Clarice Shreck heaves. She takes a long hit of oxygen from the tube under her nose. She leans forward, shifting in her armchair, before releasing her