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Exhibition tells how Charles Dickens was spooked by ghost tale doppelganger

The spirits which terrorise and ultimately reform Scrooge in A Christmas Carol may have been due to a nightmare brought...
James Murdoch survives BSkyB vote … messily

It’s a messy version of survival for James Murdoch at BSkyB. Among non-News Corporation shareholders, the tally breaks...
George Osborne revisits the days of the Iron Chancellor … minus the rabbit

It was almost like old times as George Osborne announced a blizzard of small measures to boost the struggling British economy...
Gardens: the joy of digging online

I have never been a great shopper – I feel guilty and caught up in the unnecessary consumerism – but when it comes...
Wines of the week: David Williams

Les Andides, Saumur, Loire Valley, France 2010 (?7.49, Waitrose waitrose.com) The talented peripatetic Kiwi winemaker and...
George Osborne confirms state pension age will rise to 67

The government will raise the state pension age to 67 by April 2028 in a move it said would save the UK almost ?60bn. The...
Trailer trash

That’s not all, folks Families going to see Happy Feet Two are in for an old-fashioned treat. The dancing penguin...
George Osbornes every blow falls on those with less not more

Class war, generation war, war against women, war between the regions: George Osborne’s autumn statement blatantly...
The beauty spot: gifts

This is not for you. Remember this as you browse. This is not for plucking your nostril hairs, not for exfoliating your...
Britain will borrow ?158bn more than planned, says Ed Balls

Britain will borrow a “staggering” ?158bn more than the government planned a year ago, Ed Balls claimed on Tuesday...

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