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The Better Sister review ? Jessica Biel?s glossy thriller is full of gorgeous interiors ? and death

It begins as thousands of stories have before ? with a dead body and a host of unanswered questions. In The Better Sister, the deceased is lawyer Adam...

Why do so many Americans join the Israeli military?

In his 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth renders a rich plot to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, the French president. The conspirator...

Rachel Roddy?s recipe for spaghetti with prawns, courgettes and gremolata

While tidying the freezer the other week, I found yet another reminder of my (late) friend and teacher Carla Tomasi in the form of a Tupperware box a ...

Chinese paraglider survives accidental 8,000-metre-high flight above the clouds

A Chinese paraglider who was accidentally propelled more than 8,000 metres high by an updraft has been banned from the activity for six months after a...

Magda Szubanski reveals ?very aggressive? blood cancer diagnosis

Magda Szubanski has revealed she has been diagnosed with a ?very rare, very aggressive? blood cancer. The 64-year-old actor and comedian announced he...

Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

At first, Zora Schelbert, the chief operating officer and tour guide at the Sonnenberg nuclear bunker in Lucerne, Switzerland, wasn?t sure whether the...