BBC Culture contributor Jane Ciabattari polled 82 book critics from outside the UK, to pick Britain’s best novels ever – this is what some had to say about the top choices.

British author David Lodge, known for novels satirizing academic life, dies at 89. English author David Lodge in Paris in 2005. (Ulf Andersen / Getty Images) By Associated Press.

Influential British author Martin Amis has died at his home in Lake Worth, Fla., of esophageal cancer. He was 73. His agent, Andrew Wiley, and his publisher, Vintage Books, confirmed his death on ...

The rest of the world has spoken. And they’ve decided, in their wisdom, that Middlemarch is the greatest British novel of all time. BBC Culture contributor Jane Ciabattari asked 82 international ...

The highest temperature of 19C (66F) - more than 25C above the monthly average - was measured in the village of Sunndalsora. This makes it Norway's warmest January day since records began.

Beautiful European seaside city named ‘best’ for British expats and it is 19C in April Lisbon offers British expats an appealing combination of climate, affordability, quality of life ...

UK weather: British families pack out beaches as country basks in 19C sunshine - before the rain sweeps in TONIGHT. By ED HOLT. Published: 11:05 EDT, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 12:00 EDT, 9 June 2024 ...

Sandown's jumps course could dry "to a degree" for the final day of the British jumps season on Saturday, despite the track having cancelled its Flat card on Friday due to false patches of ground.