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In powerful self-help guide Dream and Achieve, author and ‘Dream Driver’ Kola Olutimehin provides the only mental toolkit you need to help you discover and realise your ambitions.

American philosopher Noam Chomsky once said of Christianity’s holy book that “The Bible is one of the most genocidal books in history”. It’s a truth that can’t be disputed, as anyone with a familiarity with scripture will instantly attest. Yet while we shield children from violent films or computer games, we actively encourage them to read the Bible, and other holy books, with their 18-plus stories of murder, rape and incest. This, combined with the fact that scripture is sometimes...

Despite prime minister Boris Johnson promising in March last year to solve the bureaucratic issues facing musicians, only one European country has signed an agreement since.

The Shivers hitmaker donated it to be raffled by Suffolk-based charity GeeWizz, with the money raised to go towards a music pod and disabled access facilities at a school in Framlingham.

Broadcast regulator Ofcom said that this year flooded them with a record number of complaints, topping 150,000 - up 124 per cent on last year. Here is who made the list:

"Dear Eric Clapton, can you take a day off being a d***? Thank you. Your old fans," author Don Winslow said.

Gripping romantic thriller The Leopard’s Daughter: A Pukhtun Story by David Raeburn Finn is an original and eye-opening anti-war novel shedding new light on the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

"Teachers! They don’t teach for the money, but for the lasting impression they make on even just one kid. Thanks Mrs. McDonald," one person said.

Growing up in Canada within a strictly traditional Lebanese family, Dr. Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab was denied a university education, because culturally it was believed that women should not have such ambitions but, instead, be content with being housewives. Despite this, she set out to succeed and overcome both xenophobia and institutional sexism to carve out a celebrated career in management. Now based in Lebanon, she is recognised as an inspirational leader as well as a gender-diversity leader who serves as...