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Four years ago Birmingham Law Society canvassed the views of its members on assisted dying. At the time, a bill which could have seen the introduction of patient-assisted suicide was working its way through parliament. Although the bill was defeated, the issue has not gone away.  

Nobody likes repo men. Repossession agents are dream-killers who prey on people who fail to make payments or default on loans, but, sadly, in these times of economic hardship business is booming. There are even repo recruitment websites—you don't need a formal education, they say, but a "certain level of detective skill" is considered a bonus.  

"The Dylan Dog Case Files," written by Tiziano Sclavi and various artists. Way before Anita Blake and Harry Dresden, there was nightmare investigator Dylan Dog. Former Scotland Yard detective and possible reincarnation of a man who died in the 1600s, Dog is the person to call for the most hard-to-solve cases.  

Bristol University students have uncovered the identity of a portrait which is part of new exhibition at Montacute House in Somerset. The 16th Century picture has been identified as Sir Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester's illegitimate son. It was previously thought to depict the poet Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613).  

Tracy Chevalier wrote a homoerotic tale about a young man who after becoming engaged tells his best friend George, who is in love with him, that he is betrothed to his cousin. Now believed to be of Sir Robert Dudley (1574-1649) it was formerly identified as Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613). * Joanna Trollope imagined the portrait to be of a suitor that had been sent in a letter by a daughter, Catherine Hartshorn, to her mother asking advice over whether to accept his engagement.  

For more than half a century they have lain in a storeroom, unidentified and unseen by the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the National Portrait Gallery every year. But new life is being breathed into a collection of 16th and 17th century portraits of mystery figures thanks to a collaboration between the gallery and seven popular writers. The authors, including the Booker prizewinner John Banville and Joanna Trollope, have examined pictures that the gallery could not hang in public because the subj

The saying was that half the women of London went into mourning when, in 1643, he married   -John Banville

 

Advocating assisted-suicide is quite an important part of modern BBC ideology and hence their support for author Terry Pratchett who is suffering from Alzheimers and believes that this is an option people should have without fear of legal prosecution. On the Today programme this morning, Dr Phillip Nitschke, also known as Dr Death, who runs controversial courses on the practicalities of taking your own life , was given the opportunity to discuss whether the media focus on assisted suicide has led to an inc  

1. It's oddly affordable. Going to the theatre used to be an exceptionally expensive night out.  

Get ready to see a lot more of Little Dorrit star Claire Foy. The actor, who received widespread acclaim for her kind-hearted Amy in the lavish BBC costume drama, is set to appear in Sky One's adaptation of Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel, Going Postal, in May (above right), before gallivanting around alongside Nicolas Cage in supernatural thriller Season of the Witch later this year. And away from fantasy-land, the versatile actor has also signed up to Homeland – a political Middle East thriller.