Award-winning author Iain Banks supports a historic change which he is unlikely to live to seeWhat I used to say, until 4 March this year, was that I did not expect Scottish independence to happen in autumn next year. I think the figures already looked a bit dismal, but I was certain it would happen in my lifetime.Of course, now it looks as though my lifetime won't extend until autumn next year....

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Seven years after being cancelled, the show has been resurrected by Netflix. But why has it retained such a vast army of fans? Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Cera, Tony Hale and other cast members explain whyNow the story of an amazing TV show, That got cancelled,And the cast and fans who had no choice, But to keep the faith that it would one, day come back, It's ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.Chances are, you...

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The musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” is coming to the Walter Kerr Theater in the fall.

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Stuart Heritage: Yes, Britain has got years of political Euro-bickering in store. But tonight, we put our arguments with our neighbours aside, and ridicule them instead. We'll be here from 7.30pm

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Former Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens has defended his controversial decision to leave the show, saying it was the right thing to do.

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Emmelie de Forest amasses 281 points, well ahead of runners-up Azerbaijan, while Bonnie Tyler limps home in 19thIt wouldn't be Saturday night without a Scandinavian crime drama. This weekend the action moved to Malmö in southern Sweden. The sensible knitwear was replaced by glittering spandex and the only thing murdered were pop songs.The 58th instalment of the Eurovision song contest, which...

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The multiple locations of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, revealed.

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We have to stop state legislators from sneaking creationist and revisionist textbooks into public schoolsLouisiana's legislators are continuing their of the state's public school science classrooms. On 1 May, legislators killed a bill to repeal Louisiana's creationism law, the misnamed Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA).The law allows non-science to be snuck into science classrooms by...

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The UK astronaut Tim Peake is given a date to fly to the International Space Station.

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Actor gained fame for playing Ted Bovis in BBC sitcomThe Hi-de-Hi! actor Paul Shane died on Thursday at the age of 72 after a short illness, his agent has said.The star of the 1980s BBC1 sitcom was surrounded by friends and family in a hospice in his home town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire.Linda Kremer, the actor's agent for 15 years, said: "Paul Shane was a consummate professional, a true...

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