A plane carrying cargo directly from Wuhan, the original epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, touched down in Sydney on Wednesday night. Airline employees and cargo handlers dressed in protective gear began unpacking the plane in the dead of night after the plane landed at about 9.30pm. One man in a hazmat suit was pictured carrying … Read more
The perilous attraction of owning exotic pets existed long before the meme-worthy Joe Exotic made his sensational debut on Netflix’s hit show: ‘Tiger King’. Curiously, it would be Tippi Hedren, an actress most famously remembered for her 1963 role in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’- to first put big cats on the map. Tippi Hedren’s lifelong … Read more
Flowers have an innate ability to bounce back after injury from falling branches or being trampled underfoot, according to a new study. Ecologists looked at a random sample of 23 native and cultivated flowers species in Australia, South America, North America and the UK. They performed a ‘non-lethal’ reorientation of the species in the wild … Read more
I’m in – for £10,000 a month! The original Dragons’ Den warehouse where hopeful entrepreneurs pitched their big business ideas to Peter Jones and the team hits the rental market The warehouse dates from 1890 and it’s famous features are still in tact The Depository is a 6,000 sq ft former furniture storage facility The … Read more
Bob Dylan releases first original music in eight years amid coronavirus outbreak to thank fans for their loyalty: Murder Most Foul is a 17-minute track about JFK assassination ‘recorded some time ago’ Bob Dylan’s new 17-minute track focuses on the 1963 assassination of Kennedy Murder Most Foul also touches on other themes of the 1960s … Read more
Original Yellow Wiggle Greg Page plans to write a song to teach children about CPR… after suffering a cardiac arrest on stage at bushfire relief show By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:16 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 03:16 GMT, 14 March 2020 The original Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, is working on … Read more
Painting on sale at North Carolina thrift store for ‘couple of dollars’ turns out to be original Salvador Dali woodcut print and sells for $1,200 Painting handed to thrift store in North Carolina and put on sale for a few dollars But volunteer thought it could be worth something and took it to an expert … Read more
You won’t find any of the latest juicers, blenders or fashionable steam ovens in Robert Deeley’s kitchen. But if dangle spits, bottle jacks and faggot ovens from centuries long past are more your taste in culinary gadgets, then the cavernous room with its flagstone floor and two roaring open fires in his French chateau will … Read more
An extraordinary wartime archive that belonged to an early member of the SAS who topped a Nazi death list has been discovered. The late Fred Casey was among the original dozen members of the 1st Special Air Service that was created in North Africa to wreak havoc behind enemy lines. The commando’s military possessions include … Read more