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'Hello? Is Amabel there?' these aristocratic voices would bray. I had never heard the name Amabel til then. It sounded like a misprint for Annabel…'
All the fuss about the last book in the Harry Potter series has overshadowed a publishing coup which was equally brilliant but cost a great deal less...
Helen Bamber has spent her life working on behalf of the violated. Now in her eighties, she continues to support survivors, helping them rebuild their lives. Interview by Melanie McFadyean
Christianity has given prisoner CAR Hills a capacity for emphathy, a sense of meaning - and an occasional, fragile, inner peace
Richard Ingrams celebrates Mr Toad's centenary and looks at the background of author Kenneth Grahame
The distinguished British actress talk to Alice Pitman about her long stage, film and television career, and her marriage to 'Mr Chips'