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Liberal or conservative? The way you tweet reflects your political leanings

A study of almost a million tweets sent by over 10,000 Twitter users has revealed intriguing differences between the language used by liberals and conservatives. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London studied tweets sent between 15 and 30 June 2014 by people who followed either the US Republican or Democrat party official Twitter accounts. They found that liberals are more likely to use swear words, but are also more

Tintin braves new adventure at real-life opera

Over the years Tintin has battled spies, climbed the Himalayas and travelled to the Moon but the intrepid Belgian boy reporter now faces what could be his biggest adventure yet — an opera. Already immortalised in a series of much-loved comic books, film and theatre, Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy are now set to star in an open-air musical adaptation of the “The Castafiore Emerald”, which opens this week