One year ago today, I resolved that 2020 would be the year in which I finally fulfilled ambitions I’d kept simmering on the back burner for decades. Now that I was semi-retired, I’d have plenty of time on my hands. And with money still coming in from my weekly excursions on this page, I’d have … Read more
Lewis Hamilton calls for school children to be taught about black history after not discovering his grandparents were from the Windrush generation until this year Lewis Hamilton has been hugely active in his support for Black Lives Matter He took the knee throughout while wearing T-shirts with anti-racism slogans The Brit regularly called for political … Read more
Woman’s healthy cooking hack sparks a heated debate as she rinses grease off cooked meat with water – and critics argue she’ll end up with ‘flavorless’ food and blocked drains TikTok user @eemilydharperr, believed to be from Canada, shared a cooking tip Claimed a nutritionist taught her to wash meat to get rid of grease when … Read more
An American bulldog cruelly abandoned outside an animal centre who only understood German has now been taught in English in a bid to find a new home. The ‘intelligent and ‘loving’ dog, fondly named Hector, was found tied to the gates of an RSPCA centre in Leeds with cigarette burns on his body on August … Read more
‘Don’t bore pupils with Shakespeare’: Dame Helen Mirren says the Bard should not be taught in schools as it’s best experienced for the first time at a theatre Helen Mirren says Shakespeare should be shown not taught to school pupils Suggests ‘droning through’ his works at the ages of 11 and 12 can be off-putting … Read more
Children should be taught ‘the good and bad about history’, the Education Secretary said today, as he insisted we should be ‘very proud’ of Britain’s past. Gavin Williamson has indicated he would be ‘incredibly interested’ in making sure the country’s history curriculum is ‘reflective’ of Britain’s diverse population. He told the Sunday Telegraph: ‘It is really … Read more
Paloma Faith used her time in lockdown to teach herself how to produce music. And the songstress, 39, has admitted that she found the idea of it daunting, before actually giving it a go herself. ‘I learnt how to produce music for the first time in my career and wrote and engineered myself for the … Read more
A fourth-grader from New Mexico has been pictured lying outside of his elementary school using the internet connection so he can take part in remote classes. Nine-year-old Jonathan Endecott from Roswell had to sit outside the elementary school’s building, closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, because he doesn’t have internet access at home. Schools in … Read more
‘I learnt about love’: Jimmy Barnes says that his wife of 39 years, Jane, taught him ‘what a family was’ and not to ‘hold grudges’ against relatives By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:30 BST, 3 October 2020 | Updated: 15:32 BST, 3 October 2020 Jimmy Barnes has revealed that he ‘learned about … Read more
Paul Hollywood has revealed that he taught hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas to drive during The Great British Bake Off filming. The judge, 54, said that the The Mighty Boosh star, 47, and Little Britain actor, 46, didn’t have driving licences so he decided to teach them. The latest series of The Great British Bake Off took … Read more