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Last letters of pioneering climber who died on Everest reveal dark side of mountaineering
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoNewly digitized letters shed light on mountaineer George Mallory’s hopes and fears about ascending...
Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThis week, an analysis of ancient DNA sheds light on a bygone empire, Voyager 1 is back in touch with NASA, what to do now that the cicadas are here, and...
Last letter from Cheshire Everest climber George Mallory to wife is published
Cheshire Live via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoGeorge Mallory, right, with Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine in 1924 at Mount Everest -Credit:Chester Chronicle...
George Mallory's last letter from Everest said odds of reaching the top were '50 to 1 against us'
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoIn his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory...
Everest climber George Mallory's letters published 100 years on from disappearance
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThe letters from George Mallory, who disappeared on Mount Everest in 1924, to his wife Ruth have...
Adrian Bridgewater, publishing entrepreneur and supporter of charities for the disabled – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoAdrian Bridgewater, who has died aged 87, was a publishing entrepreneur and charity trustee with...
University Challenge: Celebrities who appeared on the BBC quiz show
Yahoo TV UK· 11 months agoUniversity Challenge has a long history and many of the students who have appeared on the programme...
University Challenge review: Amol Rajan is a natural as he takes up the baton from Jeremy Paxman
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“OK, here’s your starter for 10, fingers on buzzers, no conferring. Born in Kolkata in 1983,...
The Varsity Hotel & Spa, Cambridge: a chic riverside boutique with unbeatable views
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoThe popular spa hotel combines classic Cambridge details with a chic, urban feel – and an unbeatable...
Stirling prize: why Cambridge's Magdalene library was named the UK's best new building
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoDesigned to last 400 years and embrace all styles of learning, the new Magdalene College library draws on a long history of light-filled British architecture.