At some point this year, a child somewhere in the developing world became the ten millionth beneficiary of Room to Read, a non-profit organisation created 15 years ago after a high-flying Microsoft executive quit his job to help children in Nepal.
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To celebrate the release of the film Suffragette, we’ve compiled a list of our favourite YA books that explore the thrilling, dangerous and revolutionary world of the suffrage movement – from Jacqueline Wilson’s Opal Plumstead to Cat Winters’ The Cure For Dreaming.
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Murder mystery The Book of Mirrors, snapped up by publishers in 18 countries, is expected to make Eugene Chirovici a seven-figure sum
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Miss Fisher is vibrant and sexy and cheeky and worldly. She has travelled the globe and picked up shocking habits (not least wearing trousers).
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In this bike-mad city in the US state of Oregon, one group is pioneering an innovative approach to homeless outreach.
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Her argument – outrageous at the time – was that women were capable of reason, and deserved to have that recognised. Now it’s our turn to recognise her contribution to women’s rights.
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An abandoned town called Kitsault, British Columbia was founded with the intention of mining. When prices dropped after just 3 years, everyone had to leave.
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Note the library. Almost makes a book lover drool.
Computers are immensely capable, but certain things we humans do almost effortlessly an artificial intelligence has immense difficulty achieving,
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Although our digital identity is fragmented, research suggests that our various online personas lead back to the same personality
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Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, was the first internationally celebrated woman artist. But only now, 173 years after her death, has France dedicated an exhibition to her.
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