My life through a lens: Journalist and royal biographer Penny Junor, 71, shares the stories behind her favourite snaps By Yvonne Swann For Weekend Magazine Published: 22:31 BST, 4 June 2021 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 4 June 2021 Celebrities share the stories behind their favourite photos. This week it’s British journalist and royal biographer Penny … Read more
A fascinating new book has revealed how punctuation and symbols have developed over thousands of years. Claire Cock-Starkey’s new non-fiction Hyphens & Hashtags explores how punctuation such as full-stops, commas and exclamation marks have come to be part of our day-to-day writings. While the question mark is believed to come from Ancient Egypt, where they … Read more
Downing Street pranksters fail to trick Boris Johnson into believing April Fools’ day stories including Michael Gove setting up a high-quality food firm to rival Prince Charles Last week he was target of No10 jokers trying to have him believe bogus reports On Thursday the PM’s normal bundle of updates also included some fake news … Read more
Not many people can boast that they kissed the most famous rockstar in the world in front of their husband or say in all seriousness that they once fulfilled a boyish ambition of joining the circus. But these are just some of the true and inspiring tales that are being shared by the elderly of … Read more
The five business titans of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den haven’t always got it right over the past years. Just think of when they turned down a request for £100,000 from Brewdog’s co-founders in 2008 that would now be worth £360million. Or when they refused to give James Nash £250,000 for his Cup-a-wine idea, which was later picked up by … Read more
Natalie Portman wants children Aleph, 9, and Amalia, 4, to defy gender stereotypes as she slams the ‘skewed gender assignment’ of traditional fairytales By Andrew Bullock For Mailonline Published: 17:07 GMT, 14 March 2021 | Updated: 17:12 GMT, 14 March 2021 Natalie Portman wants her children to defy gender stereotypes. The actress, 39, shares Aleph, … Read more
Rag ‘N’ Bone Man took to Twitter on Thursday to reveal he’s the latest celebrity set to appear on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. The Human singer, real name Rory Graham, 36, shared a picture of himself holding a giant teddy as he showed off his inked arms. He wrote: ‘I’ll be reading a #BedtimeStory on @CBeebiesHQ at … Read more
He’s won thousands of fans with his portrayal of the hunky Duke of Hastings. And Regé-Jean Page is now set to voice the childrens tale on this Sunday’s CBeebies Bedtime Stories as a special treat for Mother’s Day. The Bridgerton star, 31, will read Rain Before Rainbows during the show which has become a favourite of parents throughout … Read more
Meghan Markle blamed the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles for leaking stories about her to the Press when she was a senior royal, a source has claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex felt negative stories about them – including Meghan allegedly being left in tears following a bridesmaids’ dress … Read more
Chris Eubank breaks down and weeps remembering the fight that almost killed his opponent Michael Watson – moments before his former rival surprises him to say ‘I love you Chris. Let’s move on’. The pair were reunited as Eubank, 54, discusses the boxing match 30 years ago that saw Watson put into a 40-day coma and blinded, wheelchair-bound … Read more