Sir Richard Henriques, one of Britain’s most distinguished lawyers, played a leading role in some of the most notorious trials of recent years. In extracts from his new book in the Mail, Sir Richard has given a gripping account of his role in the trial of Dr Harold Shipman, his forensic review of Operation Midland … Read more
‘I went for a drive to see if my eyesight for okay’: Furious Britons pick holes in Dominic Cummings’ story and accuse him of lying through car-crash press briefing Dominic Cummings faced fury over his decision to drive 260 miles to Durham He today refused to apologise for the trip and claimed he acted ‘reasonably’ … Read more
What’s The Matter With Tony Slattery? Thursday, BBC2 Rating: The Big Flower Fight Netflix Rating: This week a new Netflix show that mercilessly plunders the Bake Off/Sewing Bee format, and a documentary on the comedian Tony Slattery, who was ubiquitous in the late 1980s and early 1990s before suddenly disappearing from view. And while I’m … Read more
The story of how a three-man tank crew escaped from behind enemy lines can be told after the radioactive compass that saved them came to light 80 years later. Brigadier Peter Vaux, Major Stewart Fernie and Lance Corporal Robert Burroughs were in a Light Mark VIB tank at the Battle of Arras in May 1940 … Read more
‘I wanted to be honest’: Hailee Steinfeld hints her emotional new album Half Written Story is about messy ‘split’ from Niall Horan She recently sent fans into meltdown by releasing what many believed to be a ‘diss album’ about her rumoured ex-boyfriend Niall Horan. And Hailee Steinfeld, 23, has now fuelled the rumours by hinting … Read more
The body claims not to affiliate with any political party in a bid to maintain ‘independence’, but members of the NEU executive have repeatedly backed the policies of Jeremy Corbyn.
Early in the morning of May 9, 1945, SS Gruppenführer Otto Wächter awakes near the Austrian city of Graz, with a serious problem to resolve. A few hours earlier, Germany has signed the definitive act of military surrender. The war in Europe is over, the first VE Day was celebrated in London and Washington. Wächter … Read more
‘Ryan Murphy, hit me up!’: Lily Allen claims she was asked to appear in American Horror Story but FORGOT all about it By Bev Lyons and Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 08:46 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 09:27 BST, 14 May 2020 Lily Allen has claimed she was asked to appear in American Horror … Read more
Skeletons of two ancient ‘warrior women’ whose lived 1,500 years ago may have inspired the story of Mulan are discovered in Mongolia Experts uncovered numerous skeletons at a cemetery in Mongolia Two of the skeletons stood out because of the unique markings on the bones The two females’ bones showed they were very athletic when … Read more
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