CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden agrees to forfeit more than $5m from book proceeds to US government

Edward Snowden’s book, Permanent Record, was released last year.  It offers by far the most expansive and personal account of how Snowden turned from obscure NSA worker to whisleblower, a move which set off a national debate about the extent of government surveillance by intelligence agencies desperate to avoid a repeat of the September 11 attacks.  … Read more

Countess of Wessex is joined by Prince Edward and children as they pick up litter on seaside

The Countess of Wessex was joined by her husband Prince Edward and their two children as they took to a Hampshire beach to pick up litter today.  Sophie, 55, and the Earl of Wessex, 56, appeared in high spirits as they arrived at the Great British Beach Clean on Southsea Beach in Portsmouth with Lady Louise Windsor, … Read more

BLM activists who ‘toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston’ are let off with police cautions

Five people interviewed over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol will be offered conditional cautions, a chief constable has said. The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7, before being dumped in Bristol Harbour. No arrests … Read more

NSA’s surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden was illegal, court rules 

Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans’ telephone records, an appeals court has found the program was unlawful – and that the US intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth. In a ruling handed down on Wednesday, the US … Read more

Why Harry and Meghan won’t be asking Uncle Edward for tips! A look at Earl’s turbulent TV career

Prince Harry and former actress Meghan Markle are on a mission to take Hollywood by storm, having signed a new deal with Netflix to produce content that provides ‘hope and inspiration’. The Sussexes, who officially quit their royal duties in March and moved to LA where they’ve since bought a $14 million mansion in Santa Barbara, … Read more

Trump says he will ‘look very strongly’ at pardoning Edward Snowden after calling him a ‘traitor’

Edward Snowden’s book, Permanent Record, was released last year.  It offers by far the most expansive and personal account of how Snowden turned from obscure NSA worker to whisleblower, a move which set off a national debate about the extent of government surveillance by intelligence agencies desperate to avoid a repeat of the September 11 attacks.  … Read more

Art critic ‘solves’ the riddle of Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations

Art critic ‘solves’ the riddle of Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations and suggests the ‘hidden melody’ is the Welsh song Men of Harlech Sir Edward Elgar revealed in 1899 that there was ‘a larger theme’ to the works He took the secret to his grave telling friends: ‘The enigma I will not explain’ But Bevis … Read more

Vogue editor Edward Enninful speaks out about temp doorman who told him to use tradesman’s entrance

‘It’s not the first time I’ve been profiled, and it certainly won’t be the last:’ Vogue editor speaks out about temp doorman who told him to use tradesman’s entrance Black British journalist was told to enter his own office via the loading bay in July  Said it ‘wasn’t an isolated incident’ and he had been … Read more

Florida home where Edward Scissorhands was filmed hits the market for $224K

The Tim Burton directed fantasy romance movie Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder was filmed in the town of Lutz in the Tampa Bay area of Florida in 1989. And 31 years after filming wrapped, the home that was used for the interior and exterior shots for the Boggs family is on the … Read more

British Vogue editor Edward Enninful denies criticism of Meghan Markle was racism

Edward Enninful has denied criticism of Meghan Markle was racist as he suggested it ‘took a minute’ for the Duchess to ‘understand the rules’ of the royal institution. The editor-in-chief of British Vogue, 47, and the Duchess of Sussex, 39, collaborated on September 2019’s special ‘Forces for Change’ edition, which featured a grid of 15 … Read more