Exams This article is more than 2 years oldGCSE and A-level papers being sold on social media for £1This article is more than 2 years oldThe papers from last year’s cancelled exams are being used by many schools in England this summer
GCSE and A-level papers from last year’s cancelled exams, which are being used by many schools in England this summer, are being sold to pupils on social media for as little as £1, the Guardian has learned. Read More...
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When I was eight or so and living in Gibraltar (my father was in the army and we were station there), my teacher read us A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens as a pre-Christmas treat. Read More...
Music blogMusicRadiohead's In Rainbows - a five-star reviewThe new album may represent the strongest collection of songs the band has assembled for a decade.Radiohead's Thom Yorke. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty
Before it had even arrived in the world's inboxes, you would be hard-pushed to call Radiohead's seventh album anything other than a triumph, at least of marketing. The honesty box approach meant In Rainbows was discussed in areas not usually noted for their interest in leftfield gloom-rock. Read More...