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Behind the perfection
My parents were ... eccentric. My mum's not shy in speaking her mind. My old man prefers an easy life - like me.
ODD or merely naughty
Temper tantrums, answering back, deliberately annoying ... it could be that your child's not just naughty, but has oppositional defiant disorder.
JFK letters show love for 'Swedish Gorilla'
A newly revealed collection of love letters shows another side of former US President John F Kennedy.
Author Dick Francis dies
Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.
<i>Preview:</i> Nation at Rialto Newmarket
Terry Pratchett's alternate world as seen in the latest National Theatre film offering has a Kiwi tang.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Director Chris Columbus, responsible for the first two Harry Potter films, returns to the world of teenage fantasy adventures.
Communicating on many levels
Damien Wilkins' previous novel, The Fainter, was the work of a writer committed to refreshing the page not for the sake of revolution.
<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Scientist's racy novel turns up the heat
The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.
Literary juggernaut first among equals
Celebrated author JD Salinger spoke to readers in his own special way.
Truth and consequences
Greg Dixon looks back on 10 years of terror, pointless technology, cultural decline and bad TV.