Assisted dying is back in the news after the eminent neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who has advanced cancer, said last week that he wanted the ability to ‘choose how, where, and when’ to die.
HISTORY THE RED PRINCE by Helen Carr (Oneworld £20, 304 pp) During the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, a mob attacked a palace in London which was where the Savoy Hotel now stands. The attackers burned much of what they found. Delighted by the wine cellars, many of them proceeded to get outrageously drunk. At one … Read more
HISTORY THE RED PRINCE by Helen Carr (Oneworld £20, 304 pp) During the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381, a mob attacked a palace in London which was where the Savoy Hotel now stands. The attackers burned much of what they found. Delighted by the wine cellars, many of them proceeded to get outrageously drunk. At one … Read more
The mysterious death of an 18-year-old boy whose charred body was found in a burnt-out car is being re-examined in a BBC podcast. Caoimhin Cassidy Crossan, from Creggan, Derry, died in the early hours of 1 June 2019 when the stolen car he was travelling in crashed into a lamppost and went up in flames. … Read more
The mysterious death of an 18-year-old boy whose charred body was found in a burnt-out car is being re-examined in a BBC podcast. Caoimhin Cassidy Crossan, from Creggan, Derry, died in the early hours of 1 June 2019 when the stolen car he was travelling in crashed into a lamppost and went up in flames. … Read more
Somewhere amid the shiny glass towers of Dubai where Instagram influencers flaunt their bodies and their riches, stands a villa on the beach. But this is no ordinary residence and its occupant is not one of the pleasure seekers who flock to the Arabian emirate for its luxury shopping, nightlife and sandy beaches. For this … Read more
Somewhere amid the shiny glass towers of Dubai where Instagram influencers flaunt their bodies and their riches, stands a villa on the beach. But this is no ordinary residence and its occupant is not one of the pleasure seekers who flock to the Arabian emirate for its luxury shopping, nightlife and sandy beaches. For this … Read more
The One Direction star turned solo artist and actor met actress and director Olivia Wilde on the set of the forthcoming film Don’t Worry Darling The ten-year age gap has drawn attention — and protests from some of his devoted fans — as Harry Styles’s new love Olivia Wilde is 36 to his 26. However, that’s … Read more
The One Direction star turned solo artist and actor met actress and director Olivia Wilde on the set of the forthcoming film Don’t Worry Darling The ten-year age gap has drawn attention — and protests from some of his devoted fans — as Harry Styles’s new love Olivia Wilde is 36 to his 26. However, that’s … Read more
Director Martin Scorsese returns to Netflix, one year after his Best Picture nominee The Irishman, with the new documentary Pretend It’s a City. Scorsese, 78, both directs and is featured in front of the camera for this new documentary, exploring the mind of humorist Fran Lebowitz. The trailer (via Netflix YouTube) shows excerpts of the … Read more