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Not one of the 700 men here shares a room. It’s a high-security facility, housing the long-term sentenced. Here, prisoners were locked inside their cells for long stretches. Maghaberry has seen it all, and worse. Robert Black suffered a stroke in 1996, just two years into his sentence for the …

A DNA test revealed writer John Ingham’s Viking roots (Image: JONATHAN BUCKMASTER) At sunrise and sunset the longship comes ablaze in the reflected rays – perfect for this land of fire and ice. Just a short walk away, not far from Iceland’s parliament, are the remains of a 10th-century longhouse …

Andy McNab reveals ‘hardest’ part of SAS training Hackers, often children in developing countries using laptops in their bedrooms or computer hubs, are being paid vast sums of money for discovering weaknesses in foreign computer systems that can be exploited. After writing 21 novels featuring undercover intelligence operative Nick Stone …

Author Lee Child supports Daily Express’s Give a Book campaign Speaking exclusively to the Daily Express, former journalist Sir Tom Stoppard agrees wholeheartedly. “Give A Book is a great charity. I’ve had books now for 75 years – that’s the length of time I’ve had my own personal books – so …

The author, hailed as the “Queen of the bonkbuster” who had huge success with her saucy series of novels, is consulting for the adaption of her book for a new eight-part series on Disney+. But Jilly, 85, believes viewers are just not as raunchy as they used to be. She …

Harrods’ china sale in January 1985 (Image: GETTY) Cast your mind way back to Christmases past. Boxing Day has been and gone. The novelty of those shiny new presents has worn off. The turkey leftovers have all been scoffed and the only enduring remnant of seasonal festivities is a thumping …

As 2023 approaches, so does the 12th year without the publication of The Winds of Winter. It will have been four years since the Game of Thrones TV show ended, which had to rely on plot outlines for the unwritten novel and its follow-up A Dream of Spring. George RR …

Stunning autumn view over Derwentwater and some of its four islands (Image: Getty) It might have started with Kirrin Island and the Famous Five, or perhaps it was Wild Cat isle of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows And Amazons fame, but as a boy reading children’s books about adventurous journeys to such …

Queen’s former chef reveals monarch kept chocolate in her room That chunky chocolate wedge with its thin seam of soft caramel and chewy “mallow” filling contained ingredients whose cost would fluctuate on the international markets: sugar, milk and cocoa. Today, with the official figure hovering around 11 percent but feeling …

Lord Archer’s third and final instalment (Image: Rob Murray) The day started badly for Antonio Rosetti. He was studying the pin board, now covered in photographs with several crosses through them – suspects already cleared, each after confessing to the murder of Cortoglia’s venal and deeply unpopular mayor, Dino Lombardi. …