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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 29, 2022 British writer JK Rowling poses on the red carpet after arriving to attend the World Premiere of the film "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" in London. - The first Harry Potter television series is set to be made, with author JK Rowling acting as an executive producer, Warner Bros. Discovery announced on April 12, 2023. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

Why women pretend to be men

Harry Potter author JK Rowling is one of many women to pose as a bloke: and the experiences of fellow female talents in music and art indicate she was smart to do so.

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Jo Appleby, a lecturer in Human Bioarchaeology, at University of Leicester, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, who led the exhumation of the remains, during a dig at Leicester's Greyfriars car park, speaking at the university, as tests have established that a skeleton found under the car park, is that of King Richard III.   (Photo by Rui Vieira/PA Images via Getty Images)

Inside the head of ‘killer king’

For centuries, the mystery of the Princes in the Tower has chilled and enthralled. Amid debate around a fascinating new theory, a book goes inside the mind of the boys’ alleged murderer.

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Australian author Mitch Jennings in 2024. , Photo: Sylvia Liber,

‘Taboo topic’ drove me to booze

Devastating loss in an area few people understand or talk about led Mitch Jennings to the realisation that people don’t always respond to life’s challenges the way we might hope.

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Pedro Pascal in The Last Of Us

One question: What would you do?

There’s a secret to creating plots that stand out in a world of high-octane drama and competing streaming services. It comes down to one key question, reveals Linwood Barclay.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 16, 2024: Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price during the Cross-Portfolio Indigenous Matters Senate estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Major move for outspoken senator

A first term senator who rose through Liberal ranks to become the face of the anti-Voice campaign will pen a memoir set to be released early next year.

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