Author pens fascinating tome charting the history behind his family’s wealth

Author who discovered his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica after finding a box of centuries-old papers pens fascinating tome charting the history of their rum business which made the family rich Richard Atkinson uncovers the history of his ancestors in a new history book He was inspired after discovering a box revealing his family … Read more

Harry Dunn family’s spokesman lodges complaint with Northamptonshire Police

The spokesman for the family of motorcyclist Harry Dunn is lodging a formal complaint against a police force after accusing them of ‘causing enormous distress’ to the teenager’s parents.     Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn lodged a complaint with Northamptonshire Police over their comments on a reported Interpol Red Notice issued for their son’s alleged killer Anne … Read more

Picasso in Grandma’s shoe box and the story of one family’s love and loss

BIOGRAPHY HOUSE OF GLASS By Hadley Freeman (4th Estate £16.99, 464pp)  Sara Glass is young, beautiful and in love, living life to the full in 1930s Paris, when suddenly, in the face of growing anti-Semitism and the imminent threat of war, the best decision — and the one her family pushes her to make — … Read more

Beloved Border Collie, 14, had to be put to sleep in the boot of the family’s car

A family-of-four were left distraught after their beloved Border Collie had to be put to sleep in a car boot, after the vet was unable to visit their home because of social distancing measures.  Fourteen-year-old Border Collie Shearer, from Old Isleworth, west London, was left struggling to eat as a result of a serious illness … Read more

Inside Married At First Sight star Michael Goonan and his family’s colossal wealth

Michael Goonan is Married At First Sight‘s most high-profile contestant ever.  The 29-year-old lives in a $1.1million Adelaide mansion he bought in his early twenties, travels in private jets and runs his family business, Adelaide Ice.  After moving to Australia from Scotland when Michael was just eight, the Goonan family built their empire by taking … Read more