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Leading scientists are now confident of finding an effective treatment within five years for the brutal degenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. This has been made possible by £50million of Government funding secured after the Sun-day Express launched our Fund The Fight To …

Jilly Cooper knew nothing of football in 2016 (Image: ) But she didn’t start writing the book – saucily titled Tackle! – until five years later. “When I was a cub reporter on the Middlesex Independent, aged 18, I used to cover the local football club. One of my first …

Author Liz Harvie (Image: Emma Hardy) But as far back as I can remember, I’ve felt a deep sadness on my birthday because I knew this was the one day of the year when my birth mother must surely think about me. I’d imagine – is she counting the years? …

“Fiction writers, we tend to make things up,” he says. “But if you have the president there and you’re writing about a president, that’s wonderful. Because he’ll tell you, ‘This is what the Secret Service would do, here’s what they wouldn’t do… here’s what might happen at the White House, …

British women civilian internees queue up for food at the camp mess area (Image: Popperfoto) The beautiful voices of the ladies’ choir rose clear and true over the congregation, balm for the fractured minds and aching hearts of wartime. As the final notes of Land of Hope and Glory quivered …

It was 1629 and England’s poor were suffering. Failed harvests, rocketing food prices and a slump in the cloth industry had brought families to the brink of starvation as merchants exported scarce grain abroad for greater profit. Hungry and incensed, scores of rioters stormed a ship docked in Maldon, Essex, …

Lucca Comics and Games 2023 is celebrating a lot this year. Not only is it the 30th anniversary of the “Lucca Games” portion of the convention, but also – generally – the explosion of popularity in the gaming community over the past few decades. This creative spearheading began wholeheartedly in …

Midlands primary school that will be the deserving recipient of a brand new library (Image: PA) For a school so committed to reading, the library for the youngest learners at Longwood Primary in Tamworth, near Birmingham, is woefully inadequate. Sharing corridor space with the lockers where the children store their …

She published her first novel, A Woman Of Substance, in 1979 which went on to become one of the best-selling novels in history. Now, 44 years later, she’s publishing her 40th, The Wonder Of It All, the cumulative sales of her books have topped 90 million and she celebrated her …

Billy Connolly (Image: Getty) When I was a wee boy, I felt like an outsider. I didn’t fit in anywhere. As a boy I could never follow the established rules and paths that could lead to the kind of success other boys achieved. The one thing that made me feel …