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Donald Trump asks in new book: Is ‘unusually beautiful’ Taylor Swift ‘legitimately liberal’?
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Donald Trump asks in new book: Is ‘unusually beautiful’ Taylor Swift ‘legitimately liberal’?

It’s creepy.   It’s very creepy.  Former president Donald Trump has shared his views on global popstar Taylor Swift, describing…
The 10 Mr. Men and Little Miss characters with the worst vibes
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The 10 Mr. Men and Little Miss characters with the worst vibes

Two new characters have been added to the popular Mr. Men and Little Miss series of children’s books. Mr. Fib…
Spanish design duo reveal secrets behind award-winning Barcelona library
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Spanish design duo reveal secrets behind award-winning Barcelona library

The Gabriel García Márquez Library is no ordinary library. From the outside it looks like a huge, white stack of books…
‘Caja de las Letras’: Inside an old Madrid bank vault full of literary treasures
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‘Caja de las Letras’: Inside an old Madrid bank vault full of literary treasures

The headquarters of the Cervantes Institute, a global non-profit promoting the Spanish language and culture named after the «Don Quixote»…
Judge a book by its cover: inside the world of book cover design
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Judge a book by its cover: inside the world of book cover design

Go into any bookshop and you’ll see a smorgasbord of design styles.  There will be the big, bold, blocky text…
Pulitzer Prize: Winners of the 2024 arts categories address identity, race and war
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Pulitzer Prize: Winners of the 2024 arts categories address identity, race and war

Several stories tackling race, slavery and the US Civil War, both real and invented, were among the winners this year…
Are humans a ‘keystone species’? This captivating new book rethinks our role in rewilding
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Are humans a ‘keystone species’? This captivating new book rethinks our role in rewilding

Most of us today are familiar with rewilding — the concept of bringing nature back in certain areas, restoring lost…
ICYMI: EU Police arrest Georgians suspected of stealing €2.5 million worth of antique books
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ICYMI: EU Police arrest Georgians suspected of stealing €2.5 million worth of antique books

Over 100 law enforcement officials were deployed last week to raid 27 different locations in Georgia and Latvia – on…
Literary quarantine: National Library of France removes books believed to be laced with arsenic
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Literary quarantine: National Library of France removes books believed to be laced with arsenic

Remember Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film The Name of the Rose, based on Umberto Eco’s historical mystery novel of the same name?…
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