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Q Is it true that Beethoven became deaf but still created music? A That is true, indeed. Famed composer Ludwig van Beethoven began to have hearing issues in his late twenties, and by his mid-forties i

St Valentine’s month may be bitterly cold, but the capricious charms of Vanellus vanellus never fail to warm the heart, says John Lewis-Stempel

March is a month of change for Nature, says James Lowen…

A poet, a playwright and a Plantagenet king are all in the spotlight this month

MARCH

...to the cinema this week to see The Testament of Ann Lee. Amanda Seyfried stars in the title role as the irrepressible leader of an 18th-century religious movement, who preached gender and social eq