Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was read by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert together and the monarch recorded in her journal in July 1853 that her husband read it to her as she recovered from measles.
George IV, an avid reader of novels, kept a set…
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Royals’ copies of Austen works to be displayed at Windsor Castle
The copy of Pride and Prejudice that Prince Albert read to Queen Victoria will go on public display for the first time at Windsor Castle later this month.
George IV’s specially bound copy of Emma, personally dedicated by Jane Austen to the future…
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Police in Dorset to be helped by new mental health crisis line
Rachel RussellSouth of England
Listen: Chris Wood, chair of the Dorset Police Federation, said the new service will help officers “decompress from seeing traumatic incidents” A police chief has shared how “incredibly challenging” working in the…
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John Bishop says his wife was ‘thrilled’ to meet Bradley Cooper
Kevin DualaBBC Radio Merseyside and
Lynette HorsburghNorth West
PA MediaJohn Bishop with his wife Melanie at the screening of Is This Thing On? at the BFI London Film Festival John Bishop said he was still “trying to get my head around” being on the…
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Behind the scenes of Brookside as cast reunite in special episode
Lime PicturesRicky Tomlinson reprises the role of Bobby Grant for the special episode As the rain poured down on Brookside Close, nothing could dampen the spirits of the familiar faces whose characters once resided on the famous cul-de-sac.
TV…
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What Comes After the ‘Clean Girl’?
The UK makeup artist and content creator Mikai McDermott thinks we will see the “clean girl” forever. While she experiments with more maximalist touches like a full strip lash, or a daub of glittery eyeliner, she still favours a glassy-like…
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Agata Ingarden: Desire Path – Announcements
Agata Ingarden’s first comprehensive exhibition in Switzerland, Desire Path, creates imaginary worlds beyond anthropocentric perspectives and combines organic forms with cultural and industrial reference systems.
Agata Ingarden develops…
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Down Deep. Living seas, living bodies. – Announcements
Down Deep. Living seas, living bodies is a major group exhibition and research project that explores our physical, emotional, and spiritual interrelation with the ocean. Presented at the Sopot State Art Gallery (PGS) in partnership with the…
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Platform launch: when art and illness speak the same language – Announcements
Proyect.IN—when art and illness speak the same language. On Wednesday October 22, 2025, at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid a new artistic platform is emerging from silence.
Proyect.IN was born from the conviction that art is…
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