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Gregor Townsend emailed Allan Massie this week, as he has done often in his career. The Scotland coach has long valued the writer’s insights and rugby knowledge, going back to Townsend’s playing days.

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Author Daniel Woodrell penned a grainy portrait of southern Missouri filled with the “violence and squalor of his native Ozarks.” Those aren’t my words – they were published in The New York Times upon ...

Read Gerard Henderson's Media Watch Dog column every Saturday morning on SkyNews.com.au and watch his weekly analysis on The ...

Discover the evolution of journals from ancient Mesopotamian records to personal diaries like Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank's, ...

Confronted by a confusing and complex national history, Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk decided to embrace myth rather than ...

Michael Cooper, like most people, has many sides. There’s Michael Cooper, adventuring outdoorsman who’s racked up more than 8,000 miles trailblazing in the desert and backcountry, summitted countless ...