New heads for old tales: Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads monologues are coming back with A-list stars

Net curtains. They’re respectable enough when they hang straight, especially when made from lace, not nylon. But if they’re drawn to the side with a loop hitching them up at the middle, they’re common — like a blousy woman emerging from the lavatory who doesn’t realise she’s got the hem of her underskirt tucked into … Read more

Unlock our garden centres – and feed the nation’s souls, says ALAN TITCHMARSH

Like the majority of the population, I have been hunkered down at home for the past month, determined to do my bit to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Aside from the odd walk for exercise, I have been nowhere, but seldom have I felt more in tune with nature and ‘real life’ thanks to my … Read more

Unlock our garden centres – and feed the nation’s souls, says ALAN TITCHMARSH

Like the majority of the population, I have been hunkered down at home for the past month, determined to do my bit to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Aside from the odd walk for exercise, I have been nowhere, but seldom have I felt more in tune with nature and ‘real life’ thanks to my … Read more

Coronation Street star Alan Halsall and girlfriend Tisha Merry dress up for anniversary at home

Coronation Street star Alan Halsall and girlfriend Tisha Merry get dressed up to celebrate their first anniversary in their living room amid coronavirus lockdown By Laura Fox and Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 10:55 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 12:04 BST, 4 April 2020 He paid a romantic tribute to her on their first … Read more

Corrie’s Alan Halsall shares romantic tribute to girlfriend Tisha Merry

‘What a difference a year makes’: Corrie’s Alan Halsall shares romantic tribute to girlfriend Tisha Merry on their anniversary as he thanks her for changing his life By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 10:18 BST, 3 April 2020 | Updated: 10:18 BST, 3 April 2020 Coronation Street star Alan Halsall has paid tribute to his … Read more

Brother of ISIS murder victim Alan Henning believes his kidnapping was ‘inside job’

The brother of a British volunteer kidnapped and murdered by Islamic State says he believes the abduction was an ‘inside job’ by someone on the aid convoy he was part of. Father-of-two Alan Henning was kidnapped in Syria December 2013 by the group of British jihadis dubbed the Beatles and beheaded in October 2014, aged … Read more

Brother of ISIS murder victim Alan Henning believes his kidnapping was ‘inside job’

The brother of a British volunteer kidnapped and murdered by Islamic State says he believes the abduction was an ‘inside job’ by someone on the aid convoy he was part of. Father-of-two Alan Henning was kidnapped in Syria December 2013 by the group of British jihadis dubbed the Beatles and beheaded in October 2014, aged … Read more

Daily Mail’s photographer Alan Davidson dies aged 70 after picturing the biggest stars for 50 years

The date: May 1990. The scene: the ice-white beauty of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a mythical movie star retreat on the French Riviera.  Two of Hollywood’s leading action men, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are there, graciously permitting photographs to be taken.  So far so predictable when a voice from behind one of the clicking … Read more

Daily Mail’s photographer Alan Davidson dies aged 70 after picturing the biggest stars for 50 years

The date: May 1990. The scene: the ice-white beauty of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, a mythical movie star retreat on the French Riviera.  Two of Hollywood’s leading action men, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are there, graciously permitting photographs to be taken.  So far so predictable when a voice from behind one of the clicking … Read more