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Mother left £1m home to daughter who cared for her; three brothers challenged will

In her latter years Anna Rea changed her will and left her main asset, a South London home, to her daughter Rita who had taken care of her for years. The decision overturned a previous settlement that had split her estate evenly among her four children. After Anna died in…

The Times of India · Oct 3

Rita Was the Vedic Word for Cosmic Order Before Dharma Became the Law We Live By

The word that ran the cosmos before anyone named itRita doesn't translate cleanly. That's the first thing to know. Every English rendering, cosmic order, truth, universal law, shaves off something the Sanskrit held together. Rita, as the Rigveda uses it, is not a rule handed down. It is the fact…

Times Life · Sep 19

The Liberation review – Carrie Coon joins all-female cult in unsettling drama

Director Guy Nattiv draws on personal experience for an 80s-set tale of a woman abandoning her family for a creepy commune

The Guardian - US · Sep 16

Top ex-lawyer, 79, sues Met Police and RSPCA after door 'chopped down with axe' at London home to seize cat

Dr Katherine Theodotou says she was ‘pushed violently to the ground’ during a raid by six officers and two RSPCA officers over her cat

Evening Standard · Jul 17

You be the judge: should my friend stop expecting gratitude for splitting a freebie?

Gary got a free festival ticket and agreed to go halves on a full-price one for Rita, but now he won’t stop going on about it. He says calling it a favour is simply a fact. You decide who the party pooper is

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9

‘Genuinely changed my life’: why Groundhog Day is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their favourite comfort films is a pick for a comedy that demands countless rewatching

The Guardian - US · Jun 29

'Nuns Are Awesome': High Rents Push New Yorkers to Live With Nuns as Convent Rooms Cost Less

As New York's housing costs soar, young professionals are finding affordable living in convents, where rents are lower and community living offers additional benefits.

International Business Times UK · Jun 12

Nuns who broke back into their Austrian convent ‘are step closer to being able to stay’

Plan for three nuns who escaped from care home last year to go to Rome thought to be positive sign of Vatican’s decision

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3

‘We are the family’: low-budget thriller highlights Hungary’s election tension

Audiences draw parallels between the abduction plot of Feels Like Home and Viktor Orbán’s 16-year reign

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17

All You Need Is Kill review – time loop anime offers giant alien flower for Groundhog Day with mechs

New version of the sci-fi day-on-repeat sees a perplexed duo repeatedly battle monstrous plants but leaves you feeling as bored as the protagonist appears

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23