William Fotheringham welcomes two cycling books that are so much more than 'bike porn' My first bike was a Hetchins. For most people that has no resonance, but there are those who understand.

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It's All About the Bike by Robert Penn | Book review

Book disappeared 12 years ago from Durham University, resurfacing when Raymond Scott showed it to library in US An antiques dealer who tried to sell a rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio has been found guilty of handling stolen goods and removing stolen property from the UK. But a jury at Newcastle crown court cleared Raymond Scott, 53, of stealing the book, which has been described as part ...

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Antiques dealer guilty of handling stolen Shakespeare First Folio

Summer's here, with free theatre in Greenwich and Docklands, plus a diverse range of shows around the country. Have we missed anything

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Lyn Gardner's theatre tips

Josh Lacey on an intiguing series of short books on wildlife What happens if a one-humped camel humps a two-humped camel?

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Camel by Robert Irwin, Lion by Deirdre Jackson | Book review

Serial book thief William Jacques stole books worth £40,000 from a London library, a court hears A Cambridge graduate who stole more than £1m worth of rare books during his career as a professional book thief was today found guilty of stealing £40,000's worth of books from a celebrated library. William Jacques, nicknamed "Tome Raider" after stealing hundreds of rare books in the late 1990s, drew ...

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'Tome raider' jailed again for stealing antique books

From the much-loved classic Tom Sawyer to the modern classic His Dark materials, Lucy Mangan and Imogen Russell-Williams pick their top reads for children aged 12 and over I Capture the Castle: Dodie Smith The first entry in Cassandra Mortmain's diary ends with her feeling happier than she ever has in her life, despite her depressed father and impoverished state. "Perhaps it is because I have ...

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Best children's books: 12-years-old and over

A few of the books I sobbed over in childhood can still raise a tear.

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Children's stories that can still make you cry

When we were growing up our knowledge of the work of Thami Mnyele came to us through the covers he illustrated for the poetry books of his friend and mentor, Mongane Wally Serote.

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Mnyele's dark art (Mail and Guardian)

Susana Walton, who has died aged 83, was a rare creature – a good composer's wife who became an even better composer's widow.

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Susana Walton obituary (Guardian Unlimited)

Jane Goldman's new film Kick-Ass is the story of a foul-mouthed 11-year-old girl assassin. The screenwriter wife of Jonathan Ross and mother of three admits to a 'geeky' enthusiasm for comic books and violent video games The screenwriter Jane Goldman freely admits that her new film Kick-Ass "is not, obviously, for everyone".

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Jane Goldman: Meet the screenwriter of the controversial new film Kick-Ass | Interview (Guardian Unlimited)