SEED TO DUST: A GARDENER’S STORY by Marc Hamer (Harvill Secker £14.99, 416pp) For more than two decades, Marc Hamer has tended a garden that he doesn’t own. Now he has published what feels more or less like his private gardening journal, in sections with titles such as Pruning Roses, Swifts Arrive and Solstice. But … Read more
While Zachary Levi has been attached to play Kurt Warner in American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story, the true story adaptation has now found Kurt’s wife, with Anna Paquin signing on. The 38-year-old actress has come aboard to play Paula Warner, the wife of the NFL Hall-of-Fame quarterback, according to Deadline. The real Kurt and … Read more
Khloe Kardashian shares sweet selfie with daughter True and niece Dream as they give a ‘thumbs up’ on last day of KUWTK By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 17:11 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 17:11 GMT, 9 January 2021 Khloe Kardashian and her famous family officially wrapped 20 seasons of Keeping Up With The … Read more
A lovesick Romeo who was jailed for Jet-Skiing to the Isle of Man to see his girlfriend today said he willingly risked his life and broke Covid rules ‘for the woman I love’ after his request for a legal crossing was turned down. Dale Mclaughlan, 28, spent £6,000 on the perilous 27-mile journey across the … Read more
Professor Neil Ferguson’s argument for lockdown was ‘too good to be true’, says Swedish academic who accuses Imperial College London of ‘going beyond the data’ to support draconian measures Neil Ferguson co-wrote paper in June claiming restrictions cut the virus’s R-rate The first coronavirus wave subsided in Sweden without draconian measures Kristian Soltecz, of Sweden’s … Read more
Scraping at the dirt, earth thick under his fingernails, amateur archeologist Basil Brown came across a section of hard earth. After further excavations, he found other patches stained with rust, and iron nails and rivets spread intermittently across the site. Over several weeks, after a delicate and painsteaking operation, archologist Basil Brown saw the shape … Read more
NHS nurse, 62, who came out of retirement to work on Covid frontline is hailed a ‘true hero’ after receiving British Empire Medal – as she insists it was ‘no problem’ because she’ll ‘always be a nurse’ Cath Fitzsimmons, 62, had retired from nursing after 42 years working for NHS Helped her team to set … Read more
She traveled out east to spend time with her reunited partner Tristan Thompson ahead of his debut on Wednesday with the Boston Celtics. And Khloé Kardashian and her daughter True Thompson spent some quality time alone while Tristan was busy with work as they took a trip to the Lookout Farm brewery in Natick, Massachusetts. … Read more
Every American child of Ivy League parents will have been read a Christmas tale by the short-story writer O. Henry. It tells of poverty-stricken newly-weds Della and Jim, desperate to buy each other Christmas gifts. So Della sells her long tresses of hair and uses the money to buy Jim a chain for his watch. … Read more
Even after 141 years and two World Wars, it remains one of the most celebrated actions in British military history. Thanks in no small part to the 1964 classic film, Zulu — starring Stanley Baker and a young, plummy-toned Michael Caine — the Battle of Rorke’s Drift has become a byword for standing firm in … Read more