Preston carers give D-Day veteran a cushion with his wife’s face on after he slept with her picture

Viewers were today moved to tears after watching the emotional moment a D-Day veteran was given a cushion with his late wife’s face on after a care worker saw he slept with it every night. Ken Benbow, 94, and Kia Tobin were on Good Morning Britain after a video emerged of the veteran bursting into … Read more

Gruesome picture shows a man’s collapsed iris after he was struck in the eye by a bungee cord

Gruesome picture shows a man’s collapsed IRIS after he was struck in the eye by bungee cord he used to ‘strap shopping onto his motorcycle’ Unnamed 48-year-old battled pain, double vision and blurriness for a week Eye exam revealed his left iris was deformed and ‘sagging’ Diagnosed with traumatic iridodialysis – the iris disconnects from … Read more

PICTURE THIS – Jan 09, 2020

PICTURE THIS By Joe Viner For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 9 January 2020 | Updated: 22:43 BST, 9 January 2020 ILLUSTRATING ARMAGEDDON by Jim Davies (Uniform £30, 272 pp) A stunning collection of Fortunino Matania’s illustrations from the Western Front Philosopher and writer George Santayana once said: ‘Only the dead have seen the … Read more

PICTURE THIS – Jan 16, 2020

PICTURE THIS By Gerry Fallon For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 16 January 2020 100 WOMEN, 100 STYLES  by Tamsin Blanchard (Laurence King £19.99, 232 pp)   100 WOMEN, 100 STYLES by Tamsin Blanchard (Laurence King £19.99, 232 pp) You may not agree with all the author’s choices … Read more

Britain at its best: Thomas Gainsborough’s birthplace of Suffolk is as pretty as a picture

Walk down Market Hill in Sudbury and you could be back in 1727 — the year the town’s most famous son, Thomas Gainsborough, was born. The painter would recognise the splendid medieval churches of Sudbury: St Gregory, St Peter and All Saints.  He would know the 16th-century, half-timbered Black Boy Hotel — and surely love … Read more