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T he UK needs more houses. Demand is outstripping supply and it’s driving up prices, making affordable housing harder to come by. That’s just one of the reasons behind the government’s intention to bu

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Alfred and Bede. These are the two figures who tower over the first half-millennium of the history of Anglo-Saxon England. There’s a reason for that, of course: they wrote this history. The Venerable

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Marvel Rivals art director Dino Ma talks to Alan Wen about creating a unique comic book style for the hit superhero shooter