Do typefaces really matter? (BBC news online)
When Avatar, the biggest grossing movie of all time was released, one section of the audience was immediately outraged.
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When Avatar, the biggest grossing movie of all time was released, one section of the audience was immediately outraged.
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A problem shared is a problem halved, goes the old saying. But what happens if you share a problem with millions of people?
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Why do the English fool themselves, again and again, into believing they can win? Might they actually enjoy it?
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I am swimming in the middle of the strait dividing Europe from Asia Minor and I sense most of us are not going to make it.
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Voting is a serious business. So just what can and can’t you do in a polling station?
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Both the debates and the Lib Dem leader will soon become part of the political furniture rather than exciting interlopers.
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Cinema advertising company Pearl & Dean has been sold for £1. It was famous for its theme tune, but the adverts it made for local businesses were a cultural milestone in themselves.
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A far more devastating eruption 227 years ago wiped out a fifth of the island’s population.
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The exact history of the Turin shroud, which has gone on display for the first time in 10 years, is hotly disputed.
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In a pretentious moment, one might call Hardy a writer of terroir.
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Tom de Castella is a freelance journalist and writer based in London, UK.
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