The walls really ARE a whiter shade of pale! Country house where Procul Harum wrote their famous hit goes up for sale for £650,000 It was here at The Limes in North Lopham, Norfolk where the band wrote and rehearsed the hit single in 1967 The famous song was one of the few chart-toppers in … Read more
That sponge is a car crash! Prankster mother recreates moment her daughter wrote off her Mini… by baking her a 21st birthday cake depicting the accident Samantha Stone’s mother made a cake replicating the site where she crashed Alex, 41, invited the family round for a surprise party where she revealed cake Samantha, of Nottingham, … Read more
Book me in: Classic tales and pie and ale in the Yorkshire moorland village where Emily Bronte wrote the classic novel Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte spent most of her short life in the moorland village of Haworth, where her Irish father was curate Bronte Parsonage Museum houses the table where she wrote wrenching love story … Read more
Philip Hammond ‘sent flattering letter to Saudi finance minister days before announcing his intention to quit as chancellor and later took paid role advising him’ Philip Hammond visited Saudi Arabia on Government business in July 2019 He wrote a flattering letter to Saudi finance minister to thank him for hospitality He subsequently quit the Government … Read more
Transcripts of Kim Jong Un’s ‘love’ letters to Donald Trump have revealed the dictator fawning over their Singapore peace summit, wishing the president a happy birthday and calling Barack Obama an ‘a**hole’. ‘I cannot forget that moment of history when I firmly held Your Excellency’s hand at that beautiful and sacred location as the whole … Read more
Nigella Lawson apologises for column she wrote 27 years ago which said gender re-assignment surgery was ‘self-mutilation’ – after campaigner tweets ‘she’s no trans ally’ Campaigner for non-gendered people, Christie Elan-Cane, has spent 27 years waiting for an apology over the comments made by Lawson, 60, in 1993 In her then Evening Standard column, the … Read more
Vinnie Jones has revealed the final message his late wife Tanya wrote for him before her death in 2019 following a six-year battle with cancer. The former footballer, 55, took to Instagram on Sunday to thank his fans for their support and reveal the touching words his love left for him inside a card. It … Read more
An Australian journalist who kept a diary of the coronavirus pandemic has been arrested in China with no reasons given. Cheng Lei, an English-language presenter with the state-owned China Global Television Network since 2012, wrote withering Facebook posts about the Communist Party. The Beijing-based business journalist, who studied in Brisbane and Melbourne, mocked the earlier lockdown … Read more
Mariah Carey isn’t afraid to kiss and tell in her upcoming memoir, where she details her fling with former MLB star Derek Jeter, the end of her marriage to music exec Tommy Mottola and more. The Heartbreaker songstress, 50, teased details about her book The Meaning Of Mariah Carey during a new Vulture interview, telling reporter Allison … Read more
Sheltering from the rain on a half-term break to Northumberland, I was half-browsing in a second-hand bookshop with no particular aim in mind when a book tumbled from a shelf to my feet. Reaching down, I noticed its title: The Little Princesses. This was a Royal blockbuster written by a woman whose breach of the Royal … Read more