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'Loving' father murders two young sons in frenzied knife attack before beating wife to death then killing himself
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Film is finished – this could be its last Oscars
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Britain's colonial shame: Slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition
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Amelia Dyer: the woman who murdered 300 babies
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Slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition
Cameron's ancestors were among the wealthy families who received generous reparation payments that would be worth millions of pounds in today's money
John Sessions: 'I do tend to sound like a bit of a creep'
Playing his first theatre role in two decades after a bout of stage fright, the comic-cum-smart-alec admits he can be a bit, well, punchable
Cinema's Golden Night: The Oscars past and present
The nominations! The history! The speeches! The trivia!
Bermondsey by-election 1983: homophobia, hatred & smears
The poll held 30 years ago today was said to be the nastiest in 100 years. Here the main candidates recall the fight that changed politics, and Britain, for good
Rupert Cornwell: The ghost of segregation returns to haunt the ballot box
Nearly 50 years after the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court may be about to eviscerate it
Just £45 for a David Bailey? It must be the RCA's secret sale
Hundreds will queue overnight to buy postcard-size artworks that could be worth tens of thousands
Leather booms as Italian fashion falters
Luxury goods exports see huge rise, reports Rebecca Gonsalves from Milan Fashion Week
The unlikely lad: Olly Murs on X Factor fame
He's got the number ones and the nationwide tour with Robbie Williams. He's got the TV gigs. And now he's go the dark back story.
'Lost' Banksy is withdrawn from auction
Mystery deepens over work that disappeared from Poundland wall
A bottle of Becks? Icon's new club to launch Chateau David Beckham
Paris Saint-Germain's plans to release a house wine should appeal to its new star
Oscars style: Carolina Herrera's red carpet secrets
Herrera has become almost as synonymous with the Academy Awards as a weepy acceptance speech.
Moving images: Art of alternative posters
Forget glossy Hollywood clichés: graphic designers are creating cool, sharp designs, picking up on quirky details from movies or recreating their visual style, and using modernist typography alongside.
How UK's rail network reached end of line
Fifty years after 5,000 miles of Britain’s rail network were axed as part of the Beeching cuts, we ask: how has the country moved on?
Past master: Bill Granger recreates his mother's dishes
Our chef looks back at the 'world cuisine' his mother would experiment with in the 1970s – and recreates her dishes adding just a touch of 21st-century finesse.
Get ready for the feelgood cup final
No one predicted a Wembley showpiece between Bradford City and Swansea, but today football is relishing the good-news stories they bring
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