10 h. ago World Book Day: Why more schools are asking pupils not to wear costumes of their favourite characters

A number of schools have scrapped children dressing up as their favourite book character this Thursday

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37 h. ago Netflix Virgin River star teases possible 'murder' of fan favourite character in season seven

Lauren Hammersley, who plays Charmaine Roberts in the hit Netflix show, has hinted at her character's fate for the seventh season...

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38 h. ago EastEnders fans delighted 'missing' character 'back where she belongs' in new story

A fan favourite character had been missing from the Albert Square programme for a number of episodes

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65 h. ago World Book Day ideas and activities 2025: How to celebrate your favourite characters and novels this year

From passing on your favourite story to starting a book group 

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5 d. ago Andrey Kurkov: ‘At 17, I got my hands on an illegal copy of The Gulag Archipelago’

The Ukrainian author on the joys of Jack London, cracking Hermann Hesse, and the soldier’s tale he can no longer rereadMy earliest reading memory My grandmother’s medical encyclopedias. She was a military surgeon during the second world war and then a doctor for children with tuberculosis. I spent five years of my childhood in her house. I really only looked at the pictures of tumours and wounds, but my curiosity forced me to decode the annotations, which were, as you can imagine, not designed for an emergent reader.My favourite book growing upMartin Eden by Jack London. The main character’s dream of becoming a writer – his tremendously strong will – was probably what captivated me most. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago BBC EastEnders fans demand 'no more flirting' as unlikely romance blossoms

The two fan favourite characters have been spending time together in the aftermath of the Queen Vic explosion

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