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from BBC News (UK)
Inside Wakefield Cathedral at Christmas
Christmas has been celebrated at a church on the site of Wakefield Cathedral for more than 1,000 years. It is situated in the heart of the West Yorkshire city, advertised by its soaring 247ft (75m) spire. BBC News went to see what goes on inside the building in the run-up to Christmas.
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from The Guardian (UK)
Wallis Simpson: new divorce details revealed in solicitor's notes
Wallis Simpson’s controversial divorce, which freed her to marry Edward VIII, was initially defeated because the hotel chosen for the staged adultery was too exclusive, according to a private memoir.
Twist in the tale: how Dickens found his Fagin in words of a crusading Scot
Disturbing scenes from the early life of Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s orphaned “item of mortality”, are among the most familiar in English literature. They have become the basis for popular films, television dramas and a much-loved musical. But now a PhD student has identified a previously unknown source of inspiration for several of the most affecting elements in the novel, including the notorious underground world of Fagin, the seedy leader of a troop of young pickpockets.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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