Microbes eating away at pieces of history

Biblical text-writing may have poisoned monks

Run-down heritage sites embarrass the Greeks

Royal Expedition of the Week
Heirs to Scandinavian thrones study Arctic

A Terrible Television Show
Russians revive tale of Ivan the Terrible

Here’s a Show You’ll Never See
I’m a princess, get me out of here!

Rumors of a Palace Raid
Gyanendra to be grilled for missing valuables!

Misleading Headline of the Week
Queen thinks papal mass on wrong track

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Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve, a children’s book about King Arthur, has won the Carnegie Medal.

Here’s a list of previous winners. I’ve read two of them — Watership Down by Richard Adams and Northern Lights (also known as The Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman — both of which are excellent (and probably more likely to be appreciated by adult readers).

The death of life writing

Sullivan, Di’s brother split, according to British tabloid

A slow collapse

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The mystery story of the Maya slowly reveals new twists

“Pardon us Ma’am, but as much as we remain your loyal subjects, there is one thing we love more than you.”
Fish and chips: The best of British

Solar sleuthing suggests when Odysseus got home: April 16, 1178 B.C.

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