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Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels

I know I said that if I lived to 100 I'd not regret what happened last night. But I woke up this morning and a century had passed. Sorry. He said he was leaving her. "But I love you," she said. "I know," he said. "Thanks. It's what gave me the strength to love somebody

Bring me a God helmet, and bring it now | Science

One of the biggest disappointments of my so-called adult life is the sad realisation that I can neither fly nor move objects with the power of my mind. This sucks. But for all their broken promises, as the prison ships become more and more crowded, when I am prime minister of the One World Government,

Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson review cruelty, comfort and joy

In her 2011 memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson recalled: Most kids grow up leaving something out for Santa Claus atChristmas time I used tomake presents for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

David Elliott obituary | Television

Like many film back-room boys, my friend David Elliott, who has died aged 92, was not a household name, although he had seven decades worth of credits. Many thousands, however, will remember the happy childhood images he created as a director on the classic 1960s puppet TV series Thunderbirds, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.

Eileen Grays E1027: a lost legend of 20th-century architecture is resurrected

This modernist villa on the Cte dAzur, designed by Irish architect Eileen Gray, has witnessed wartime shootings, murder and vandalism by Le Corbusier. Now, at last, it has been brought back to life