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Your mission, 007: Save King Charles III's coronation

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Are the edits to Agatha Christie's novels historical revisionism?

The British writer's classic work has been rewritten to avoid "offending" contemporary readers, with the adventures of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot to be rewritten and edited by Harper Collins to remove any language that might be seen as offensive.

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Michel Houellebecq loses lawsuit to stop release of sex film

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Every year, World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression.

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Nobel Prize winning author Kenzaburo Oe dies aged 88

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US Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison honoured with new stamp

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'New' Terry Pratchett short story collection discovered

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