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How Prohibition turned everyone into a criminal
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAre you struggling in the sludge of planning laws? Helplessly stuck with the granny extension or the loft conversion? Builders taking an age to put those...
Ritual suicide and crucifixion: the bizarre, blood-soaked reality of Disney’s Shogun
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months ago“In Japan, you must be good!” These words, spoken by a cowering villager, mark Englishman John...
How owners keep the lights on at England’s stately country piles
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe incident with a wedding guest and dead pheasant was the clincher, explains Ronnie, the house...
Books of the month: From Kazuo Ishiguro’s song lyrics to Family Politics by John O’Farrell
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBOOKS: An attention-grabbingly titled debut novel from playwright Anoushka Warden, Peter...
Adidas halts sale of some German national team jerseys following resemblance to Nazi SS logo
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoStill reeling from the Kanye West scandal and its loss of the German national team kit deal, the...
Watch: Sir Rod Stewart booed for Ukraine tribute at concert in Germany
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBritish pop star Sir Rod Stewart was booed at a concert in Germany while making a show of support...
7 creatures associated with death
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCrows (Corvus sp.) are highly intelligent birds commonly associated with death. (Image credit: Getty Images/Jacques Julien) Throughout history, various...
No, the British Museum isn’t full of ‘plunder’ – here’s why
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe debates that are currently raging over restitution – in brief: whether Western museums should...
The brilliant Renaissance artist who ‘lived in filth and ate only eggs’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Florentine Renaissance artist Piero di Cosimo (1462-1522) was an odd man. He lived solely on a...
People are sniffy about suburbs – but their gardens are works of art
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRehabilitating the suburban garden of the 1920s and 1930s is not an easy task. As Michael Gilson...
