Dr Dee, which tells the story of 16th Century alchemist, astrologer and spy John Dee, opens on Friday.

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The story of Queen Elizabeth I's necromancer, John Dee, as transcribed from original documents interspersed with Michael Wilding's own words.

ECONOMIST: General non-fiction

John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I's astrologer, who claimed Welsh descent, also wrote texts on mathematics that offered definition of the subject of cosmography.

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The much-loved film starred John Gordon Sinclair as Gregory, Dee Hepburn as Dorothy and Clare Grogan as Susan.

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With Ruby Dee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Ortiz, Cuba Gooding, Jr.

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Also with Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Anthony Quinn, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Frank Vincent.

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As part of his eight-state tour focusing on poverty, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is scheduled to stop in rural Kentucky, where writer and rural advocate Dee Davis has witnessed the visits of politicians in the past.

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