Neil Gaiman: ‘my parents didn’t have any kind of rules about what I couldn’t read’
Neil Gaiman is no stranger to having his books banned. Here the author of Coraline and The Graveyard Book talks about controversial books in libraries, censorship threats to graphic novels and why freedom of speech is not the freedom to harass
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I have to add that (unfortunately) – with the exception of Coraline – I don’t like Neil Gaiman’s books. When I realized that, I was very disappointed. However, I certainly don’t have any problem with him as a person and I think what he’s saying here makes a lot of sense.
Ancient Greek palace unearthed near Sparta dates back to 17th century BC
Archaeologists discover palace with archaic inscriptions built during the Mycenaean period.
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Tourists offered chance to run a bookshop on holiday
For the sum of £150 a week, guests at The Open Book in Wigtown, Scotland’s national book town, will be expected to sell books for 40 hours a week while living in the flat above the shop. Given training in bookselling from Wigtown’s community of booksellers, they will also have the opportunity to put their “own stamp” on the store while they’re there.
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Early Britons: Have scientists underestimated them?
Evidence from a variety of sources suggests that the first people to resettle Britain after the Ice Age were more sophisticated than we could have imagined.
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Twelve skeletons found beneath Swedish castle
The bodies of three children and nine men were dug up from the grounds of Sweden’s Kalmar Castle earlier this year and tests suggest the bones are up to 500 years old, archaeologists have revealed.
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Diminish, Decline, and Dwindle
Article on the correct usage of the words diminish, decline, and dwindle. All three of these verbs may be used with countable or uncountable nouns when the intended meaning is “to lessen” or “to become smaller.” Deciding which to choose depends upon context and the connotation wanted.
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Was Sardinia home to the mythical civilisation of Atlantis?
A comet plunging into the sea could have triggered a tidal wave that devastated bronze age settlements on the island, say scientists.
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Why do books still exist, asks a teenager
When you think about it’s kind of weird that we still have books in our technologically advanced society. But they’re here to stay, argues teen site member Orli.
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How India changed the English language
For hundreds of years, words have flowed along the routes of trade and empire. Rahul Verma follows some of their remarkable journeys.
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The county with its own Magna Carta
As events mark the 800th year since the signing of the Magna Carta, historians in Cheshire unveil the county’s own Great Charter.
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