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The sophomore effort of a writer whose debut novel was widely acclaimed is always going to be an object of fascination. Was it a one-off? Did the writer have only one story worth sharing? Or can the writer do it again – catch literary lightning in a bottle a second…

I stopped rooting for the Reds – Maysville, Ky., is just up the mighty Ohio from Cincinnati – because they made one of the great trades in baseball history. I didn’t care that they landed Joe Morgan, who would win consecutive MVPs. All that mattered to me was that they…

Katie-May was a popular member of Lisnaskea Emmetts, and her mother said her and aunt Nicola were very close

A boathouse by a poisoned lake is one woman’s prison and her granddaughter’s refuge, in a novel that treats both with dignity – and offers no excuses for the men

Prime Ministers are usually the very last to realise their time is up. Thatcher, Blair and May were all forced out by long-running coups. Major and Brown were despatched by electorates. David Cameron is alone in recent times for reading the political runes and getting out ahead of the inevitable…

Using the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 to gauge the severity of the pandemic may not give an accurate picture in the Omicron era as more and more patients with the virus are being admitted for other reasons, some scientists say.