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EXCLUSIVE: Deputy PM Oliver Dowden takes aim at the striking unions, the bigger Ulez and backs Susan Hall as ‘excellent’ choice for Mayor

Visiting an antique bookshop in London was rewarding. Ammu and the narrator found rare books and manuscripts from the 16th and 17th centuries. Sarah, the shopkeeper, showed them a copy of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales from 1602. They left with a musty, rustic aroma and Ammu's freshness.

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Male spider mites peel the moulting skin off newly mature females to make sure they are first in the queue to mate, according to a new study. “Living together in dense colonies can make for fierce competition in finding a mate”, noted CNN, “especially because female spider mites only use…

Exclusive: Document originally thought to be written by clerk on behalf of Canterbury Tales writer who worked as civil servant

More than half a century ago Procol Harum recorded the unlikeliest, best-selling, most bitterly-contested drug anthem of all time

It's April Fools' Day, so watch out for any pranks your nearest and dearest might be playing on you. On April 1, we take a closer look at the day's much-contested origins

For Valentine’s Day, some couples only roll their eyes at each other in mutual cynicism. The capitalisation of love in the modern world can certainly seem banal.

Valentine's Day gifts are hardly a contemporary invention. People have been celebrating and gifting love tokens for hundreds of years.

The contested virtues of spontaneity and slog, when it comes to producing art, spark off a lively pub debate

I went to see it and learned why so many are waiting for a sanctified moment, says Guardian arts writer Jonathan Jones