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A big-budget film adaptation of the Ramayana, one of Hinduism's most revered epics, has renewed attention on the ancient tale that continues to shape India's culture, identity and politics.
Read moreAlexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson becomes the first ancient history title to win the prestigious nonfiction award • Alexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson review – a dazzling, dizzying adventure Edmund Richardson has won the 2026 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction for Alexander: God, King, Man, his account of the life of Alexander the Great, becoming the first writer to win the prize for an ancient history book. Richardson was awarded the £50,000 prize at a ceremony in London on Wednesday evening, beating a six-strong shortlist that included former winner Patrick Radden
Read moreThe winner of the 2026 Baillie Gifford prize is a riveting work of ancient history that feels startlingly present
Read moreDennis Quaid is wasted in a predictable drama with a cute basset hound and not much more
Read moreThe Rouse, which took its author two decades to complete, was praised by judges as ‘exuberant, overflowing’ China Miéville has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths prize for The Rouse, a 1,264-page epic that is part paranormal thriller, part historical saga moving through decades of British imperial and cold war history. The win, announced at a ceremony in London on Wednesday, makes The Rouse the longest novel to take the prize since it was launched in 2013 to reward fiction that “breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form”. Continue reading...
Read moreThe nine-time Grammy winner recalled visiting Wales for the first time in about 1990 with her parents.
Read moreOther lives: Academic in the field of special educational needs with a passion for lifelong learning in heritage and the arts
Read moreOther lives: Entomologist who found ways to deal with insects that attack tropical cash crops such as cocoa and coffee
Read moreAmarillo singer Tony Christie says Clem Cattini was a "world class" musician and gentleman.
Read moreLetters: When a payment was missed, the soprano abandoned the stage, writes David Lane
Read moreLetters: Ed Kelsey and Arthur Gould respond to an interview with the author in which she discussed AI and the future of humanity
Read moreThe much loved Swedish-American musician, particularly known for his work with the San Francisco Symphony and Leipzig Gewandhaus, continued performing until earlier this year The conductor Herbert Blomstedt has died aged 99. His career stretched over an extraordinary seven decades and he continued to conduct and tour into his late 90s; his final concert was earlier this year, aged 98. Born in Massachusetts, US, in July 1927 to Swedish parents, the musician grew up in Sweden and Finland. His conducting tutors included Igor Markevitch, Jean Morel and Leonard Bernstein. Continue reading...
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