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29 August, 2024

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The royal week

History was made on Wednesday as the King met with the first-ever female Archbishop of Canterbury ahead of her installation at Canterbury Cathedral next month. Charles welcomed The Most Reverend and R

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Seeds of change

For 11 or 12 days in 1654, Anna Trapnel, a self-styled prophet from Poplar, lay in a stupor in an inn near Whitehall. With her eyes shut and her body unmoving, she spoke and sang prophecies to the cro

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Ever wondered what it’s like to be married to a spy? In four-part espionage thriller Betrayal, Romola Garai plays Claire, the wife of MI5 agent John Hughes (Shaun Evans). After he receives intel about