Rosen’s Almanac: Weird and wonderful words for every day of the yearWhat are words? They're the beginning of our stories: portals to treasured memories, to the strange sayings that seem to be unique to our own families and the beloved people that say them to us. So, what was your gran's favourite word for a time waster? How did your dad answer the question 'What's the time?'? And just how many responses are there to the daily query 'What's for dinner?' Even better, how do these words change as they travel across our

This is the life Josie never believed possible

When he remembered inviting Stephen

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In Sleeping Beauty

who's engaged in highstakes politics to rebuild the Sisterhood in her own image

Three witches gathered on a lonely heath

the eunuch Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire

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"There's something I have to explain

as alliances collapse and are made anew

This is a powerful and deeply moving tale of divine calling versus mortal desire

The Dying Squad's visit to a Berlin nightclub quickly turns their search into an entirely more sinister case