Steve Borthwick has vowed to ensure England deliver an improved performance against France after taking encouragement from his side’s defeat to Ireland in their Guinness Six Nations opener.

Ireland and England clash at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday in a seismic opener that will set the tone for both teams’ Six Nations campaign. Here the PA news agency looks at five talking points ...

A NEW fringe-style festival is coming to Bromsgrove this year with the promise of arts and culture for all of the family. Blackwell Fringe aims to showcase the very best of local talent with ...

Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own. By Mac Barnett For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in ...

The Little House books, penned by Laura Ingalls Wilder, are based on her childhood experiences in the 19th-century American West. Initially published in the 1930s, they sparked the creation of the ...

What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best. An author of books ...

Tom Rogers has been the owner of Book Alley in Pasadena for about 20 years The bookstore served as a safe place for Rogers and his neighbors to congregate when the Eaton Fire forced them all to ...

As far as upcoming phones go, we're expecting Apple and Google to release the iPhone SE 4 and Pixel 9a, respectively, at some point between March and April. The best phones aren't simply the most ...

Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests. The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released ...

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England men's busy year in 2025 ends with Ashes series in Australia; Ben Stokes' Test side also play home matches against Zimbabwe and India; white-ball assignments for Jos Buttler's men include ...

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