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Arty outrage, ancient sweets and Abba’s nuptials – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Update: Wong alarmed by Middle East ‘escalation’; RBA holds cash rate; and Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ discovered

Foreign affairs minister says 2024 is on track to be the deadliest year on record for aid workers

The Guardian - AU

Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ under Thomas Hardy’s home given protected status

Enclosure found under late novelist’s garden is older than Salisbury monument and wins national recognition

The Guardian - UK

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Why Dorset needs to be your next foodie staycation

The southwest county has become a haven for gastronomists, where organic produce and the freshest coastal plunder are cooked by trailblazing chefs. Rosalyn Wikeley rounds up the very best places to get a taste of the burgeoning scene

Evening Standard

The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy review – the writer’s poetry gets a sensuous second life in music

Outstanding performances by Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling and the Ligeti Quartet enrich atmospheric settings composed and arranged by Arthur Keegan

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s nothing else like it’: Dorset glow-worm survey charms volunteers

The insects are being looked after in a conservation project that encourages visitors to enjoy their ‘piercing’ light

The Guardian - UK

Beach books at the ready: authors pick their essential summer reads

From newly published novels to timeless classics, Elizabeth Strout, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Irvine Welsh, Tessa Hadley and other writers choose their holiday favourites

The Guardian - UK

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The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen review – a sweeping Sámi epic

Scandinavian missionaries wreak destruction on the Sámi way of life in an atmospheric tale of love and colonial conflict

The Guardian - UK

‘Most paintings should have been burnt’: Augustus John’s granddaughter attacks artist’s later works

Celebrated painter ‘went down the drain from the 1930s’, claims Rebecca John in a new interview

The Guardian - UK

Best biographies of all time to add to your 2024 reading list

Intricate, academic explorations of lives and careers past

Evening Standard

Shock of the old: nine shrivelled hearts to celebrate the day of love

Richard the Lionheart, Robert the Bruce, Queen Marie of Romania … a whole who’s who of historical figures have had their hearts removed after their death. Meet the gang!

The Guardian - UK

Is One Day based on a true story? The real inspiration behind the heartbreaking Netflix series

Here's what you need to know about what One Day is based on, as the new series hits Netflix

Woman & Home

Ockham’s Razor: Tess review – circus spin finds light and laughter in Thomas Hardy’s tale

This company’s skills cleverly animate the characters in a dreamlike production that does not blunt the novel’s tragedy

The Guardian - UK

Hardy Women by Paula Byrne review – where love and fiction collide

An illuminating account of the women who inspired Thomas Hardy

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Hardy Women by Paula Byrne review – brilliant writer of women, very bad husband

An exhaustive biography of Thomas Hardy’s romantic life is most fascinating when it chronicles his complicated menage with his wife and a young typist

The Guardian - UK

Thomas Keneally: ‘When I met Barbara Kingsolver I burst into geriatric tears’

The Australian author on wise words from his mother, being blurbed by Graham Greene, and why it’s best to read Dostoyevsky when you’re 80

The Independent UK

The best non-fiction books to read in 2024

From candid memoirs to provocative essay collections, 2024’s forthcoming non-fiction is enticing. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to what you need on your reading pile

The Guardian - UK

Paul Lynch: ‘After major illness Robinson Crusoe was the only thing I wanted to read’

The author and film critic on the healing powers of Daniel Defoe, his love for Latin American literature and how he got Virginia Woolf wrong

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Bostridge/Drake review – he conveys meaning and emotion with disarming clarity, each song was a gem

The tenor’s gift for narrative transforms each of these songs by Britten and Schubert into a tiny drama, with elegant accompaniment from the pianist

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes embark on a literary journey through Dorset

The two friends take off Meryl Streep and read Thomas Hardy. Plus, more blood and gore at the Colosseum. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes Explore Britain by the Book: release date, interview and everything we know

Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes Explore Britain by the Book sees the actors showcase Dorset’s literary heritage.

The Guardian - UK

Of Thomas Hardy and PJ Harvey: on the trail of Dorset’s inspirational powers

The county’s people, landscapes and villages have provided material for generations of writers, prompting not only great literature but social reform

The Independent UK

The best spa hotels in Dorset for luxury and relaxation

From Miami-inflected cool in Bournemouth to a coastal getaway with a Pig, here are the best spa hotels in Dorset

The Conversation

Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep blue sea

When OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration enterprise, created a promotional video for its ill-fated US$250,000-per-head trip to see the wreck of the Titanic, it told prospective passengers to “Get ready for what Jules Verne could only imagine – a 12,500-foot journey to the bottom of the sea.” Those behind the video…

The Guardian - UK

In defence of Thomas Hardy’s treatment of women

Letter: In The Mayor of Casterbridge, he created a strong woman who gets a happy ending, writes Liz Bennett

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