Damien Wilkins is on track to win the $65,000 fiction prize for his novel Delirium. CK Stead, at 92, is the oldest author on the list, with his book of poems in honour of his late wife Kay, In the ...

The discovery of a caravan containing explosives has shocked residents of a usually quiet semi-rural suburb on ...

Awe-inspiring wilderness, rugged coastline, award-winning produce and a mellow culture – Joanna Whitehead discovers why ...

After renting his cottage out for self-directed writing retreats since 2019, Rustad this year is launching a group residency for non-fiction writers to shape books and long-form stories ...

French horns used to create the sound of one of The Beatles' most acclaimed albums have gone on display.The brass instruments can be heard on ...

Folkestone, a unique coastal town in Kent, has started off 2025 in a blaze of glory. After being named the best place to live ...

In her introduction to a 2017 reprint of The Country Girls trilogy, author Eimear McBride speaks about Edna O’Brien’s 1960 debut not so much breaking the mould as making it. Anyone familiar with that ...

HERE'S a round-up of some of the biggest court cases to have taken place in Carlisle and West Cumbria this week.

This is the lonely road of a Christian. But once our hearts are possessed with the living God, we have a glimpse into Heaven and our loneliness has served its purpose. Clarissa Yates is from Singapore ...

The other two production sites for the Manhattan Project – Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico – have numerous ...

One of The Beatles standout cuts, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band's closer 'A Day in the Life' ends with one of the most ...

It found that people over 50 are less likely to feel lonely, while 66 percent of people 65-plus say they hardly ever, or never, feel lonely. Moreover, a majority of adults 50 and over report that ...