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James Bond's stunts and gadgets debunked - the science behind the secret agent

Is James Bond purely a work of fiction or could any of the stunts and gadgets possibly work? A new look at the science of 007 has revealed the truth

Irish Mirror · Sep 27, 2022

Noted New Orleans social services group drops racist's name

A New Orleans social services nonprofit long known as the Kingsley House has ditched the name of a Victorian clergyman found to have held profoundly racist views

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Loose Women's Janet Street-Porter warns Prince Harry over 'very dangerous' memoir

Harry is reportedly trying to make edits to his tell-all book, so he doesn't say anything that would cause too much offence to his estranged family members in the UK.

Daily Record · Sep 27, 2022

First edition Harry Potter among TV and film props expected to fetch £11m at auction

The hardback copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has been estimated at a value of £150,000

Wales Online · Sep 27, 2022

Harry Potter: First edition Philosopher’s Stone hardback to be sold for up to £150,000 at auction

The book will be sold alongside franchise star Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Hero Wand’, which is estimated to go for up to £30,000.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

As attempts to ban books across the county increase, Chicago establishes ‘Book Sanctuaries’: ‘Encouraging and alarming’

CHICAGO — A glass shelf displaying some of the most notable challenged books in the country adorns the entryway of the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont branch. The books are surrounded by yellow tape and red signs that inevitably steer the attention of those who walk inside to the titles…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 27, 2022

Robin Abcarian: I read 'Gender Queer,' the most banned book in America. And so should you.

It doesn't take long to read the most banned book in America, an award-winning memoir in graphic novel form called "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe. It's about the illustrator's yearslong quest to unravel what it means to be gender nonbinary — that is, to feel neither female nor male.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 27, 2022

Eamonn Holmes being "very upset" at seeing Rylan depressed was a "wake-up call" to the 33-year-old

"I remember how their faces looked when they saw me"

Belfast Live · Sep 27, 2022

First edition hardback Harry Potter to be sold for up to £150,000 at auction

The book will be sold alongside franchise star Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Hero Wand’, which is estimated to go for up to £30,00

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2022

The biggest revelations from Maggie Haberman’s forthcoming book on Trump

The book from The New York Times’s premier profiler of Trump is set to come out next week

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022