Earth’s Great Oxidation Event occurred 100 million years LATER than previously thought, study finds 

The Great Oxidation Event that saw oxygen levels surge and life flourish on Earth happened 100 million years later than previously thoughts, researchers claim. University of Leeds experts analysed rocks from South Africa that were deposited in the ocean at the time of the Great Oxidation Event more than two billion years ago. This event … Read more

Eddie Izzard looks sophisticated in a suit at an event for period drama Six Minutes to Midnight

Eddie Izzard looked typically sophisticated in a sharp suit as she attended an event to promote the new period drama Six Minutes to Midnight.  The comedian, 59, who prefers to use she/her pronouns, attended the Q&A at the De La Warr Pavilion, in Bexhill-on-Sea, on Monday.  She looks stylish in the smart trouser suit and … Read more

Jessica Rowe attends red carpet event after her car exploded during the school run

Jessica Rowe and her daughter Allegra got the fright of their lives when their car burst into flames in the middle of a busy road in Sydney last Thursday afternoon. But the former Studio 10 host spirits were lifted when she attended the star-studded opening of Hamilton in Sydney on Saturday night. The 50-year-old stunned … Read more

Kourtney Kardashian and beau Travis Barker as they attend star-studded UFC 260 event in Las Vegas

Kourtney Kardashian made things ‘Instagram official’ with her beau Travis Barker last month. And the couple treated themselves to an evening out on Saturday as they attended the highly anticipated UFC 260 event, which took place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. At one point during the fight, the 45-year-old Blink-182 drummer was seen sweetly reaching for … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: My gossipy, quick-witted ex-editor Sarah Sands on a global hunt for monastic peace

The Interior Silence: 10 Lessons From Monastic Life Sarah Sands                                                                                    Short Books £12.99 Rating: … Read more

From Medical Minefield to Rockonteurs, Grounded With Louis Theroux and Unearthe: The best podcasts

From deep diving into the medical issues of the day in Medical Minefield to Rockonteurs, Grounded With Louis Theroux and Unearthed, the best podcasts to listen to this week By Event Critics Published: 22:01 BST, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 27 March 2021 Medical Minefield  The Mail on Sunday’s health editors, Barney Calman … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: God give me strength, Ted, what the CHIS is going on?

Line Of Duty BBC1, Sunday Rating: Unforgotten ITV, Monday Rating: The sixth series of Line Of Duty kicked off last week, you may have noticed, and some are saying it’s too confounding now, too convoluted, too tangled, too complex and let’s turn over to Midsomer Murders.  Although be warned: someone died of bee stings in … Read more

From Concrete Cowboy to Six Minutes To Midnight and Keeping Faith: The best on demand TV to watch

NETFLIX   Concrete Cowboy Westerns are a rare breed these days, but they’re still alive and kicking. The latest entry in the genre stars Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin as Cole, an unruly Detroit teenager whose exasperated mother sends him to North Philadelphia to live with his estranged father, Harp (Idris Elba).  The latest entry in … Read more

From Laura Kay to Alan Warner, Fiona Mozley and Peter Swanson: This week’s best new fiction 

From Laura Kay’s nicely written debut to Kitchenly 434 by Alan Warner, a tender narration by Fiona Mozley and Peter Swanson’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Neil Armstrong and Anthony Cummins and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 March 2021 The Split Laura … Read more