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Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Best Shakespeare plays
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Part of the problem with discussing Favourite Shakespeare' is, like the man said, that it's all full of quotes. There are fashions in Shakespeare as with everything, but by and large there is a rough-and-ready Top Ten' with which people are more or less familiar, and then there are the rest. (I should admit here that I haven'... More..

Arts & Humanities > History (Other) Commentary: Why history matters
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As has already (and frequently) been noted, a popular answer to the question 'why study History?' is 'to learn from the mistakes of the past.' This is a dumb answer to say the least, because - time being linear - history never repeats itself. Human nature doesn't change, but that isn't quite the same thing. One cannot use a h... More..

Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Readers share their favorite novels
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Doesn't everybody have a list of favourite books? Certainly everybody who's ever been on a dating website and/or stuck on the M6 does. Imagine if you were stuck on a desert island: what would see you through?The Once and Future King TH White. It's a very particular retelling of the Arthurian legend, but one that shines with h... More..

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