The solstice site older than Stonehenge Alamy Avebury is estimated to be 800 years older and 10 times larger in diameter than Stonehenge Just 38km north of Stonehenge, Avebury draws its own annual solstice visitors who want a more up close and personal experience with Britain's ancient standing stones. But just 38km north, another site, estimated to be 800 years …
English writer and critic AS Byatt who died on 16th November, aged 87, won the Booker Prize in 1990 for her most widely read and translated novel, Possession. Rather, it has to do with what becomes of one’s mind and emotions as they encounter her peculiar array of characters.” The Potter family saga continues in Still Life, Babel Tower and …
LONDON — British author A.S. Byatt, who wove history, myth and a sharp eye for human foibles into books that included the Booker Prize-winning novel “Possession,” has died at the age of 87. Byatt’s publisher, Chatto & Windus, said Friday that the author, whose full name was Antonia Byatt, died “peacefully at home surrounded by close family” on Thursday. Byatt’s …
