One is an ICN NSW Bikini champion, while the other is a cancer survivor who appeared in the Netflix reality series, Beastmaster. And on Thursday, Oxana Alexandra and her boyfriend Mark Edward Greenham showed the world that they’re a couple to be reckoned with, as they enjoyed a sweaty workout together on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. … Read more
An explosive personal letter penned by Edward VIII that lays bare the scale of the Royal rift provoked by his marriage to divorcee Wallis Simpson has come to light 81 years later. Twice-married Ms Simpson was at the centre of one of the most scandalous love affairs of the 20th century when she entered into … Read more
Late afternoon on a warm September day, Princess Diana parked her car in a Knightsbridge side street and hurried inside a portered mansion block. She was buzzed into a flat where her brother Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, was waiting for her. A third figure joined them. Lord Spencer performed the introductions. This, he told his … Read more
Suspects appear in court charged over theft of Edward VII’s £3.5million diamond-encrusted Cartier that was stolen from Nottingham gallery Twelve men and a woman aged appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court Defendants had been bailed conditionally to appear at court on November 19 They were charged with various offences in connection with alleged conspiracy By Nicole Conner … Read more
How galling it is to see China bouncing back from the global pandemic that it unleashed. While the rest of the world wrestles with fear, mistrust, unemployment, recession, stagnation, non-Covid health catastrophes, countless blighted lives and a ‘second wave’ of the virus, China is set to enter 2021 stronger than it was in January 2020. … Read more
We boarded the ‘Edward Elgar’ at Gloucester Docks, landlubbers almost childishly happy to be on the water in fine autumnal weather — and the crew seemed happy to greet us. We were the first people to board the boat since the dreaded virus confined us to barracks, so there was a sense of liberation all … Read more
A school named after slave trader Edward Colston will change its name following a consultation involving staff and students. Colston’s Girls’ School (CGS) in Bristol was established in 1891, 170 years after the death of Colston and was built with money he had endowed to support education. The school’s name and association with Colston had … Read more
A stone head carved around 700 years ago that is thought to depict King Edward II has been unearthed during a dig at the former site of Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset. Archaeologists said that ‘stunning’ find may once have formed part of a previously unknown gallery of sculpture of Kings and Queens within the grand building. The statues, … Read more
A British student has discovered that one of America’s most celebrated artists copied many of his earlier works from other paintings. Louis Shadwick, researching a doctorate on Edward Hopper at the Courtauld Institute in London, found the great realist painter’s works were strikingly similar to others. His discovery is leading to a reassessment of the … Read more
Music venue named after Edward Colston is renamed the Bristol Beacon after slave trader’s statue was toppled in the town A ceremony was held today to change the ‘toxic’ name of the Colston Hall venue Bosses maintained attraction in Bristol gets its name from the street it sits on A statue of Colston was toppled … Read more