MasterChef critic William Sitwell’s 300-year-old family mansion goes on sale for £3.25million

It’s been in his family for 300-years and comes complete with lavish gardens, a swimming pool and tennis court, so it’s perhaps of little surprise that MasterChef critic William Sitwell appears reluctant to part with his ‘paradise’ mansion – which is on sale for £3.25million. The Sitwells were once among the most celebrated of British society … Read more

Putin critic is badly beaten outside his home in Moscow

Putin critic is badly beaten outside his home in Moscow a week after Alexei Navalny was poisoned on a flight from Siberia Yegor Zhukov, was badly beaten by ‘two thugs on scooters’ near Moscow home  The 22-year-old is a critic of Putin previously convicted on extremism charges  It comes 10 days after fellow Putin critic … Read more

German hospital treating poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny has asked for British help

German hospital treating poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny has asked for British help as he remains in a coma Doctors called upon Government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory The Wiltshire laboratory led the investigation into the Salisbury attack in 2018 Alexei Navalny’s supporters suspect he was poisoned when he drank a cup of tea Medics … Read more

Putin critic Alexei Navalny is being kept under armed guard at German hospital

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, tests carried out by German doctors have indicated. He is being kept under armed guard at The Charite hospital in Berlin, where he is receiving treatment.  Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert told a press conference this morning that is was ‘fairly likely’ the politician had been poisoned. ‘It … Read more

‘Poisoned’ Putin critic Alexei Navalny is flown out of Russia for emergency care in Germany

A plane carrying Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning left for a German hospital on Saturday. Images taken from the tarmac of an airport in the Siberian city of Omsk show Navalny being lifted into a private air ambulance – which was chartered to to fly him to … Read more

MARK ALMOND on the ‘poisioning’ of Putin critic Alexei Navalny

The nondescript cafe is where Alexei Navalny, the main opposition leader and Putin’s most vociferous critic, sipped a cup of tea before boarding a flight back to Moscow yesterday Tomsk, one of the oldest cities in remote Siberia, rarely makes headlines in Russia – let alone around the world. Not any more. For the Vienna … Read more

Art critic ‘solves’ the riddle of Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations

Art critic ‘solves’ the riddle of Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations and suggests the ‘hidden melody’ is the Welsh song Men of Harlech Sir Edward Elgar revealed in 1899 that there was ‘a larger theme’ to the works He took the secret to his grave telling friends: ‘The enigma I will not explain’ But Bevis … Read more

Daisy May Cooper hits back at critic for branding her a ‘TROLL’

Daisy May Cooper has hit back at troll who made a vile comment about her appearance following her debut on last week’s Celebrity Gogglebox. The pregnant actress, 34, appeared on the all star spin-off for the first time on Friday alongside dad Paul, but was met with cruel comments from an online critic. However the … Read more

Jameela Jamil hits back at critic who blasts her for ‘shaming other women’ with sassy comment

She’s never been afraid to speak her mind or defend herself to naysayers.  And on Monday night, Jameela Jamil hit back at a critic who blasted her for ‘shaming other women’ with a sassy Photoshop and plastic surgery comment as the actress insisted: ‘Mollycoddling isn’t feminism!’  The online spat began when the Good Place star, … Read more