The Tories have demanded an investigation into whether Ed Balls worked for Gordon Brown while on the payroll of a charity before becoming an MP.

Eton college aims to throw open its doors to pupils from all backgrounds within ten years regardless of their parents' ability to pay.

Scotland's first degree in modern ballet will be on offer to the country's most talented young dancers from next year.

When a Santa hat was placed on a spire at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge the joke was lost on authorities who had it removed because it was a risk to health and safety.

Murakami Haruki's story, 'All God's Children Can Dance' (which you can find in the collection After the Quake), has been made into a movie by Robert Logevall (see the IMDb page) and, as we learn from De Papieren Man, has

In the Latin American Herald Tribune Ana Mendoza reports that: Perez-Reverte Says He Wouldn't Change A Single Line Of His Pathbreaking Novel, The Club Dumas.

The most recent addition to the complete review is our review of Pablo De Santis' The Paris Enigma.

French magazine Lire present what they think are Les vingt meilleurs livres de l'annee (i.e. top twenty books of the year), in a variety of categories.

The United Nations relief chief today wrapped up a two-day visit to southern Sudan by calling on international donors to help the region develop basic education and health-care services and quickly build up its road system as it recovers after

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