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A leading university has provoked fury for putting a 'ludicrous' trigger warning on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales because they contain 'expressions of Christian faith'. Critics accused the University of Nottingham of 'demeaning education' for warning students about the religious elements of the works of medieval literature that tell the story of a pilgrimage to one of the most important cathedrals in all of Christendom. They said teachers were guilty of 'virtue signalling', adding that anyone studying such a famous collection would not need the Christian references pointed out. The Mail on Sunday obtained details of the notice issued to students studying a module called Chaucer and His Contemporaries under Freedom of Information laws. It alerts them to incidences of violence, mental illness and 'expressions of Christian faith' in the works of Chaucer and fellow medieval writers William Langland, John Gower, and Thomas Hoccleve.

It was one of Britain's greatest ever structures, constructed in London's Hyde Park in just 190 days between 1850 and 1851 - in time for Prince Albert's Great Exhibition. Now, a study answers the mystery of how London's 1,850-foot-long Crystal Palace - at the time was the world's largest building - was assembled so quickly. Designed by renowned English architect Sir Joseph Paxton, the Crystal Palace was built in Hyde Park at a cost of £80,000 (nearly £10 million in today's money).

A host of fantastic films, great gigs, awesome new albums and spectacular stage performances - they are all featured in our critics' picks of the best of film, music and theatre.Our experts have explored all the options for culture vultures to get their teeth into, and decided on the movies, music and plays that are well worth dedicating your weekend to.

Spring is in the air, and there is no better time to stretch your legs and take a breath of fresh air. So here are 20 of Britain's best walks, ranging from a few miles to a dozen, with stunning scenery, peaceful settings, and all done in a day.

Local authorities around the country are facing one of the worst financial challenges in the last decade as an increasing number of councils have declared bankruptcy in the last six years. Northampton, Croydon, Thurrock, Woking, Slough, Nottingham, Northamptonshire, and Birmingham City Council, Europe's largest local authority, have all sent 114 notices, prohibiting a council from any further spending since 2018. Insiders have also reported to MailOnline that up to 30 more councils may follow suit over the next few years as they try to strike a balance between their books. Any council leaders have warned that even their most historical assets, some of which they have owned for centuries, are not safe from being sold off.

A trigger warning has been issued for a Rembrandt etching that depicts a clothed couple in a moment of fervor - alerting potential customers of the 'explicit content.' The French bed, which is expected to sell between £250,000 and £400,000, depicts a couple in a curtained bed making love. Christie's have agreed to sell the etching, but consider that the job is so raunchy that it needs to be warned. In their online catalog, the 17th century works are out of view. The only way users can access the piece is to click on a note that reads: 'This lot contains clear ­information and mature subject matter.' Christie has been criticized for a remark.

The property is listed for £950,000 and is on the fringes of the picturesque Lancashire coastal village of Silverdale. It includes a separate three-bedroom cottage that can be used for living quarters, as well as a three-bedroom cottage, although the tower can be rented out to help with additional income. Although the property is no longer taking reservations as it is on the market, the tower was successfully rented out last year at an advertised rate of between £80 and £90 per night.

Miss Julie, who was born in 1888 by August Strindberg, was'permanently suspended' by The University of Sussex as a result of student's inquiry into the possibility'psychological' and'emotional effects' of the study, which was "decidediently dismissed. In March last year, Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens kidnapped, assaulted, and murdered Sarah. It comes after university professors were accused of patronising and'mollycoddling' students when over 1,000 texts were slapped with trigger warnings or were deleted from reading lists due to their 'challenging' text.

PHILIP NORMAN: For decades, employees in dispute with their managers went on strike or 'worked to rule,' a term that is often described as a "gooslow." In the 1970s, however, they became increasingly identified as 'taking industrial action,' a term that was both self-righteous and duplicit, since reaction today corresponded to inaction.

Only the brave will challenge University Challenge host Jeremy Paxman, who has announced that he will step down from hosting the BBC2 quiz show in the fall, as fan favorite Eric Monkman discovered to his peril in 2017. FEMAIL picks out some of Paxman's most memorable scenes, which have delighted viewers and terrified contestants.

The University of Warwick has issued a warning far from the Madding Crowd (inset), which depicts the brutal reality of Victorian rural life. Thomas Hardy's (19th Century work (right) explores Bathsheba Everdene's loves and marriages, as well as faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak (left), Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts appear as the characters in the book's 2015 film version). Gabriel's two hundred pregnant ewes are chased by his dog and crash to their deaths off a cliff in one scene. He kills his inexperienced sheepdog and becomes penniless after this. Four of Bathsheba's sheep died after eating a field of clover in a separate chapter. The Warwick's English Department set the alarm off the novel in the midst of scenes in which students could be 'upset by' as the story depicts the 'cruelty of nature and the rural life'.

A trigger warning in a university module has been sent because they'may be upsetting to some students.' A module titled Qualified French Language, part of the University of Aberdeen's French course, has come with a warning in the course guide.

ten universities, including three from the elite Russell Group, have either banned books or made them optional in the case that they hurt undergraduates, according to an inquiry. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead's 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Underground Railroad and August Strindberg's classic play Miss Julie are among the affected texts. Authors such as Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, and Agatha Christie have been sent trigger warnings. The Times sent almost 300 freedom of information requests, primarily to all 140 UK universities, asking about trigger warnings and the deletion of texts due to content concerns.