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Iconic music retailer Tower Records is back… online

Over 500,000 tracks on CDs, cassettes and records are also up for sale for music lovers fed up with music streaming services

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Tributes pour in for Indian acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee

He was admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 last month and suffered further ailments linked to the virus

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Was Isaac Newton's first edition 'Principia' more widely read than previously thought?

New discoveries challenge the common assumption that this first edition was only of interest to a handful of mathematicians

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A family's adventure through the Arctic

All new Discovery Series Expedition to the Edge premieres Nov 17

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French authors to pay fines of 'rebel' bookshops open despite virus closure

France has some of the highest book readership figures in the world, and one of the largest networks of independent bookstores

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Hope for Bollywood stars' dilapidated homes in Pakistan

'We are very proud that Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor were from Peshawar'

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A segment of the Eiffel Tower's original staircase up for grabs

Segment comes from the historic spiral staircase built by Gustave Eiffel and collaborators in 1889

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A painter’s love for nature

Birds of Malaysia seen through the eyes of watercolour artist Yeow Teck Chai

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Unmasked: Reflections on Virus-time – an anthology review

Curated by author Shamini Flint, this is an assemblage of thoughts and feelings by people from around the world on life during the pandemic - and hopefully afte...

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Kylie Minogue is first female artiste to have UK No 1 album 5 decades in a row

She breaks the record with the release of her 15th studio album Disco

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Did the book industry get a boost from Donald Trump's presidency?

While Americans seem to love books that critique President Trump, the ones that praise him also do well

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Nigeria to build museum for looted art

Museums in Europe and America are wrestling with a tangle of legal and ethical problems concerning objects taken during the colonial period

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Princess Diana makes dramatic debut in 'The Crown'

The relationship between Prince Charles and Princess Diana is one of the main storylines in the upcoming 4th season of The Crown