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In the run-up to our Ghosts issue, which will go online on Halloween, Litro Lab talks to actor Robert Lloyd Parry about bringing the tales of the ghost story master, M. R. James, to the stage in his one-man show, and listen to his reading of James’ “A School Story”.

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Freedom comes at high costs, and requires plenty of responsibility...Latvia learned this the hard way. And it is a lesson, and a price, my adopted home country of the United Kingdom, is learning, and paying, through Brexit.

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To help you transform your state of mind, read the following helpful advice on how to increase your confidence levels.

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Read part one of “Lulim Lalai: The Power of Life In Country” here … and part two here.

Visiting the caves

When the time is right to visit a sacred cave near Wjingarra Butt Butt, Isobel’s sons Neil and Bart bring a rake. They might sometimes resist chores around the camp, like washing the dishes, but they don’t need to be asked to do this job.

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The great British roast is seen as a tradition from time immemorial - but in reality most Britons could not afford meat prior to the Industrial Revolution.

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The owner is standing behind the bar top, talking to two regular customers who sit directly in front of him on ancient barstools with red spinning seats. He’s in the process of cleaning a glass when his eyebrows suddenly race upward.

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Darcey Steinke – author of novels Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves and the spiritual memoir Easter Everywhere – talks about faith, Kurt Cobain, freedom, the '70s, her fifth novel, Sister Golden Hair, and more....

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In this episode of Litro Lab, Mia Funk speaks to poet, playwright and National Book Circle winner Claudia Rankine, about her creative process and the issue of racism in her innovative and award winning collection Citizen.

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This week, Toni Servillo - perhaps Europe's greatest actor - brings to the Barbican his production of Le voci di dentro (Inner Voices), a 1948 work by Neapolitan playwright Eduardo de Filippo. The piece takes place in a world suspended between dreams and reality...

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In the last of her articles on the relationship between music and poetry, Clémence Sebag looks at how the spoken word draws on musical influences.

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