ONE OF THE MOST GRIMLY FUNNY POEMS OF the past century is Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse,” with its opening salvo about how our parents invariably mess us up. Larkin used a saltier word for “mess,

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The Derry Girls star and his mum embark on the ultimate adventure… More famous faces pair up with their nearest and dearest in a new series of Celebrity Race Across the World, the star version of the

SELINA positioned the six-week-old baby in the soft, knitted cocoon she used for the purpose. She smiled at the little boy, having a photo shoot with his proud parents. As a younger woman she’d relish

LAUREN sat in the audience listening to the excited buzz around her. Amy’s school had made a huge effort to put on this concert to commemorate November the fifth, which was last Wednesday. Tonight, Sa

G av drove home, glancing up at the ...