17 h. ago St Augustine pictured as black in children's book published by Church of England as part of diversity drive

The saint, one of the most influential figures in Christian history, has been illustrated as black in a new book called Heroes of Hope.

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44 h. ago Big Brother star reveals how much contestants earn and it's not what you think

A former Big Brother contestant has published an explosive book all about life inside - and after - the famous reality house, and reveals the surprising amount she earned for her appearance

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5 d. ago Jury considering verdicts in trial of priest accused of sexual assaults

Christopher Brain was leader of evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service between 1986 and 1995.

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5 d. ago ‘Looming over the city like gods’: the men who changed New York for better and worse

Jonathan Mahler’s new book looks back at the tumultuous period between 1986 and 1990 when figures such as Trump, Koch and Giuliani forever affected the cityJonathan Mahler didn’t plan to publish his new book about New York City from 1986 to 1990, tumultuous years culminating in a historic mayoral election, amid a similarly dramatic campaign for city hall. But he’s not unhappy to do so.The Gods of New York tells how the Democrat Ed Koch sought a fourth term as mayor but by election year, 1989, was widely seen as an “incumbent plagued by scandal, just like Eric Adams now”, Mahler said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Wigtown publisher launches new book featuring Scottish girl who wishes she lived in the Wild West

Showtime is the latest book sharing the adventures of Hanna and Calamity Jane the calf.

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7 d. ago Growing up with the Black Widow: The children of UK's most notorious female gangster reveal how they played with shotguns as toys

Linda Calvey, 77, known as 'The Black Widow', was one of East London's most terrifying and prolific gangsters, who earned an estimated £1million from armed robberies.

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8 d. ago Peter Carey on Ned Kelly: ‘Did no one see what I saw, that our famous bushranger was a raging poet?’

Twenty-five years after his award-winning book was published, the Australian author revisits True History of the Kelly GangHow very weird to return to this old manuscript, the scene of so much doubt and anguish, not to say obsession.I was a baby when the seed was planted, three years out of school, two years since my devastating failure in the first year of a science degree. I had drifted into advertising where the gods determined I would fall among novelists and playwrights who would lead me to a place I could never have imagined.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsI cant help it if Im young still can I its a wonder Im not an old shrivelled hag before my time living with him so cold never embracing me except sometimes when hes asleep the wrong end of me not knowing I suppose who he has any man thatd kiss a womans bottom. Continue reading...

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1 week ago News Corp warns Trump AI is pillaging contents of The Art of the Deal

Company owned by Rupert Murdoch says president’s books are ‘being consumed by AI engines which profit from his thoughts’News Corp is warning Donald Trump that AI is cannibalizing the content of his books, including The Art of the Deal.The company, owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, owns dozens of newspapers and TV channels around the world including the Wall Street Journal, the Times (in the UK), the Australian and the New York Post. News Corp also owns book publisher HarperCollins, which has published three of Trump’s books, though his best-known title, The Art of the Deal, was published by Random House. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Boris Becker's lawyer to release bombshell book claiming aliens ‘co

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Caplan KC, one of Britain’s top barristers, is set to publish Not For Disclosure, hailed the ‘most serious and sourced book ever published on the subject’ of UFOs

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1 week ago ‘I was the most radical ordained vicar there was’: Church of England ‘cult’ leader defends ‘sensual’ contact with followers

Christoher Brain admits to having ‘sensual’ contact with women in the Nine O’Clock Service, but insists it was consensual and he was ‘on a journey of radical research and experimentation’

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1 week ago Former priest accused of leading evangelical Church of England cult says followers gave him ‘sensual’ massages to relieve tension headaches

Christopher Brain, who denies one count of rape and 36 counts of indecent assault, claims he engaged in kissing, massaging and stroking with ‘close friends’ from the Nine O’Clock Service, a court heard

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1 week ago Joanna Cherry says she will publish new information on Alex Salmond 'conspiracy' in upcoming book

The former SNP MP said she intended to play her part in ‘clearing’ the late first minister’s name

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1 week ago Former priest accused of ‘brainwashing’ followers in evangelical Church of England cult claims he led on ‘consensus’

Leader of the Nine O’Clock Service Christopher Brain allegedly surrounded himself with women who wore lingerie or revealing clothes as part of his ‘homebase team’

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1 week ago Former priest accused of assault says church group leadership was ‘on consensus’

Christopher Brain was leader of the evangelical movement the Nine O’Clock Service.

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