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at London Zoo

From dog in night-time to a tortoise enclosure at London Zoo

Mark Haddon is among the literary figures inviting people to join them on a visit to see London Zoo’s animals in a whole new light

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Dannie Abse @ Keats House

Dannie Abse ponders fleeting inspiration in new poetry collection

Good men, wild men, grave men. As Dylan Thomas once wrote, all must eventually face the dying of the light. For the last four years, however, his compatriot Dannie Abse has looked the other way.

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Sebastian Faulks in discussion with Mariella Frostrup at Woolwich Centre

Birdsong author Sebastian Faulks will celebrate the official opening of The Woolwich Centre tonight.

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author from Muswell Hill

City girl feels the pull of farm life

Her debut novel has been described as ‘kitchen sink drama meets The Archers’ and includes authoritative passages on sheep virus and bringing in the beet.

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Hardeep Singh Kohli will host the World Book Night event at Southbank Centre. File picture: Joe Lord

World Book Night to celebrate reading

Authors including Mark Haddon and David Nicholls will join comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli and actor Charles Dance to celebrate World Book Night.

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Immigrant Tracey Chevalier learns the vital lessons of acceptance

Nearly 30 years ago, Tracy Chevalier arrived on these shores from America. Now she’s used her experiences as an immigrant in her latest novel

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Deborah Moggach attended a screening of the film, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, followed by a question and answer session

Life won’t stop at 65 for Deborah Moggach

Woman behind feel-good bestseller made into blockbuster movie shares plenty with guests of the Exotic Marigold Hotel

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Ruth Ellis, who was hanged at Holloway Prison on 13th July 1955, for killing her lover, racing driver David Blakely. She was the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

Names that are notorious for their criminality

Author Kris Hollington takes Ham&High readers on an exclusive criminal tour through Hampstead and Highgate

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Portrait of Sylvia Plath hanging in St Pancras Hospital. Picture: St Pancras Hospital

Al Alavrez’s painful memory of how he failed Sylvia Plath

Fifty year ago this week talented poet Plath took her own life in her Primrose Hill flat

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Writer Al Alvarez in 2001

The world according to Al Alvarez: poetry, poker and ponds swims

As the diary of his dips on the Heath is published, Al Alvarez mulls over the burden of ageing and the joys of getting all cold and wet

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Gary Barlow visits a Nordoff Robbins mother and baby group

Music therapy gives new brain insight

Music therapy has been developed to help change the lives of many people, from high-security prisoners to children with autism

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John McCarthy will talk about his new book at the LJCC

John McCarthy: ‘Humour saved my sanity’

Ahead of his talk for the Hampstead and Highgate Literary festival, John Mccarthy talks about being kidnapped and held hostage, then writing about it

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Twins held the key to epigenetic research into how our genes behave

Now you can change your genes within your lifetime

Epigeneticist Tim Spector has discovered that genes affect everything from sexual preference to drive and motivation and the ability to be happy. And we can change how they work

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You could be the lucky winner of £500 to spend at TK Maxx

Win £500 to spend at TK Maxx

Home to top name brands at great prices, TK Maxx is more like a treasure hunt than a shop.

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Helen Mirren is shown around the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013. Picture: Keith Larby/iwitness

Picture gallery: Chelsea Flower Show 2013

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show opens to the public today, but celebrities and VIPs, including the Queen, have already had a look at the floral displays.

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