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A letter from the French saint and a lethal shopping list are among the stars of a mind-bending show of the words, mystical visions and everyday lives of women from 1100 to 1500

Loose Women panelist and GB News presenter announced split last year

In the early 1950s, William Burroughs – drug addict, homosexual and pioneering writer of what would come to be called the Beat generation – found himself in Mexico City. On the run after accidentally shooting his wife, Joan, during a drunken game of William Tell, Burroughs relished the freedom granted…

The entire contents of the comedy legend’s home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, will go up for sale after the death of his beloved wife Joan in March.

Items up for auction from Eric Morecambe’s family home show Ernie Wise had doubts about pair’s future

‘My birth certificate is wrong, my passport, my driving license—everything is wrong,’ woman says

Families did not discover ‘appalling error’ until brother’s DNA test 55 years later revealed mystery sibling

Shoppers tell of how store closures and internet shopping have affected their lives and communities

British Library illuminates life of women in middle ages, revealing an often overlooked detail – their agency