‘A parallel universe’: From juke joints to feed stores, the humble beauty of America’s forgotten roadside buildings celebrated in a mesmerising new photo book Photographers Steve Gross and Susan Daley took pictures of over 100 forgotten buildings across the U.S They published them in a coffee table book called Backroads Buildings – In Search Of … Read more
Investors that had their fingers burnt but stayed put in Woodford Income Focus are wondering whether to jump ship or if things are finally starting to look up. While fallen star manager Neil Woodford’s flagship Equity Income fund hogged the headlines and was wound up, his lower profile Income Focus fund remained invested and got … Read more
BBC Radio Three has pledged to play more music from composers from ethnic minority backgrounds – who bosses say have been ‘unfairly forgotten’. Amid a push for a ‘more diverse repertoire’, the radio station, which focuses on classical music and opera, will shine a spotlight on the work of BAME composers. It comes as seven … Read more
BBC Radio Three has pledged to play more music from composers from ethnic minority backgrounds – who bosses say have been ‘unfairly forgotten’. Amid a push for a ‘more diverse repertoire’, the radio station, which focuses on classical music and opera, will shine a spotlight on the work of BAME composers. It comes as seven … Read more
Moving home is often voted one of the most stressful things you can do – but this year there are two added pressures. These are the rush to complete before the stamp duty holiday deadline, which expires on 31 March this year, and the complications caused by lockdown restrictions. Since the stamp duty holiday was … Read more
Emotional moment photographer discovers stunning portrait of his mother in forgotten 34-year-old camera roll from when his parents were students in Ukraine Bogdan Grygorenko, 33, from Canada, found the old film roll in family camera He had the film developed and discovered picture of mother Olena from 1986 Picture was taken by Mr Grygorenko’s father … Read more
‘I have been forgotten by the police’: Agony for Claudia Lawrence’s mother as she faces 11th Christmas without her missing daughter Joan Lawrence, 77, said she feels ‘forgotten’ by the police in North Yorkshire The officer leading the cold case of her missing daughter retired in August Chef Claudia Lawrence went missing on March 18, … Read more
The best show I ever played was with Des O’Connor, Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett, the four of us presenting the 100th Royal Variety Show. Des was as excited as me. There was a boyish enthusiasm that never left him. This command performance in 2012 was at the Royal Albert Hall for the first time, … Read more
The best show I ever played was with Des O’Connor, Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett, the four of us presenting the 100th Royal Variety Show. Des was as excited as me. There was a boyish enthusiasm that never left him. This command performance in 2012 was at the Royal Albert Hall for the first time, … Read more
Do you know what all your pension pots are worth? Are you confident you’ve not lost track of one from decades ago? If the answer to both questions is ‘yes’, congratulations – you’re doing better than most. Millions of us have pensions we have paid into over the years that we now have no idea … Read more