Prior to the release of the 2014 film Paddington, I had no feelings toward Paddington Bear, a character invented by the author Michael Bond in the 1950s who is found on a train platform at Paddington ...

It’s often deemed the first color, the strongest color, the color that stands for color itself. So why does it keep slipping ...

A few words on singer/actress Marianne Faithfull who died last week at the age of 78. I have followed her career with some interest because she lived in my home town of Reading in the early 1960s, att ...

But the outcome was the same, with England thumped in Brendon McCullum’s first one-day international as head coach. Do not be ...

Former Radio 1 DJ explained how she takes the advice of health guru Michael Mosley and 'before you know it you snooze back off' ...

One of the joys of Downtown Books is the unexpected treasures you might find tucked between the pages of a used book. A ...

Dolores Umbridge does lots of terrible things in the Harry Potter stories. Does she get away unpunished in the end? Or does she get her just desserts?

The top spending trust was Barts and the Royal London, which paid out £14million, followed by St Mary's Hospital in Paddington with ... NHS is paying through the nose for agency staff to plug ...

I see the reason for the suggestion but it also feels a bit on the nose, something of a literal interpretation. Gemini gave the excuse: “I think "Paddington" is a perfect fit for this day ...

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Courage built a lot of new pubs in the period after World War II, as documented in a volume held at Bristol’s central library ...