David Walliams has said he was relieved to learn he didn’t have any ‘horrible’ ancestors while filming Who Do You Think You Are? The comedian-turned-children’s author compared his experience to that of fellow TV star Jack Whitehall, who appeared on the BBC series last year. ‘I’m glad there weren’t any “baddies” in my family, because … Read more
Children who write by hand learn and remember more than those that use computers, with pen and paper sparking activity in part of the brain responsible for attention, experts say A study finds children learn and remember more when the write things down This is compared to using a computer or other devices to jot … Read more
‘He hasn’t learnt’: Indigenous rapper Briggs says Chris Lilley needs to ‘accept the ramifications’ of his controversial blackface sketches… after four of the comedian’s shows were removed from Netflix By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:21 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 08:21 BST, 29 September 2020 Indigenous rapper Briggs has sensationally hit … Read more
A hit-and-run driver crashed into and seriously injured an elderly man on a zebra crossing – only to learn later it was her father-in-law she had left lying in agony. Fatheha Begum Abedin was distracted because she was using her phone when she ploughed into her 61-year-old relative in the Highfields area of Leicester in … Read more
Brooke Shields has taught her children that money does not grow on trees. The veteran actress and model spoke to US Weekly on Tuesday, revealing to the publication that her two daughters Rowan, 17, and Grier, 14, got summer jobs this year for the first time. ‘They got a paycheck every week,’ said Shields who started … Read more
Investors have had a bumpy ride since markets suffered eye-watering losses in March. But while savers may find their investments bruised, experts say now is not the time to panic and warn against making rash decisions. Laura Suter, personal finance analyst with investment platform AJ Bell, says savers should instead take their time to assess … Read more
Earlier this summer, the Prime Minister announced his £2billion plan to make cities more bicycle-friendly, and ‘give people the confidence to travel on two wheels’. Boris Johnson‘s dream seems very much alive in North London‘s Finsbury Park, where colourful cyclists swish in and out of the gates, and into the 9am traffic, while small children … Read more
Ex-Supreme Court judge Lord Jonathan Sumption today called on Britain to learn to live alongside Covid-19 because ‘there have been far worse diseases’. Lord Jonathan, who is also a medieval historian, praised Sweden’s approach to the pandemic, after the nation bucked the trend and opted against a lockdown. In his piece for The Telegraph, he said … Read more
The Voice Australia fans are stunned to learn the depressing truth about Daryl Braithwaite’s The Horses – as the rock star duets with winner Chris Sebastian By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:10 BST, 19 July 2020 | Updated: 23:29 BST, 19 July 2020 For many Australians, Daryl Braithwaite’s The Horses is as … Read more
Donald Trump has said that black people who want statues of slave owners and Confederate figures removing should ‘learn from the history’ or risk ‘going to go back to it sometime’. Calls to remove statues of Confederate figures and those connected to slavery have been mounting in recent weeks in the wake of global Black Lives Matter protests sparked … Read more