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British Pubs Disappearing Fast

For generations, the local pub has been a fixed staple of Britain’s landscape and culture. Now though, those pubs are disappearing – fast. Nearly 400 pubs called their final last orders in England and Wales in the first half of 2023. That’s a rate of about two a day, and almost as many as during the whole of 2022 combined. What is going on, and can anything be done to stop it? Dan Ashby’s been down the pub, investigating. see more
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'Fiction Ruined My Family'

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Author Jeanne Darst's memoir "Fiction Ruined My Family" tells the story of her father's failed career, an unconventional family and her discovery that though she is a writer like her father and an alcoholic like her mother, it doesn't mean she's destined for ruin.

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Jeanne Darst, writer, performer and author of "Fiction Ruined My Family: A Memoir"

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