Ben Bryne explores the life and habits of the most popular of the crustaceans: the crab.

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“At the foot of the stairs, the match went out, and he paused to strike another. And at the same moment, a knock, so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.”

A life-long fan of tales of horror and the supernatural, Sarah Water’s novel The Little Stranger is a very modern ghost story in which war trauma, grief and class tensions fuel a very modern haunting.

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In the run-up to our Ghosts issue, which will go up online on Halloween, the 31st, Litro Lab celebrates with a spooky podcast. We talk to actor Robert Lloyd Parry: www.nunkie.co.uk/ about bringing the tales of the ghost story master, M.

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Today we kick off a new series on Litro Lab, where we invite a writer to choose a short story they love and talk to us about why they love it. Our first guest author is Alison Moore: www.alison-moore.com/, whose debut novel The Lighthouse: www.saltpublishing.com/shop/proddeta…9781907773174

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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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