Mermaid Singing and Peel Me A Lotus are Charmian Clift’s accounts of life on islands Kalymnos and Hydra, where Leonard Cohen stayed with them and worked on their terrace.
Boris Johnson could lay out plans for a judge-led public inquiry into the UK’s coronavirus response in a speech today. The Government’s handling of the pandemic will be scrutinised in a ‘full, proper public inquiry’ that will drill into what was done and when, and what went wrong. The PM reportedly had a meeting of … Read more
Mounted police today moved in to hold back people gathering to mourn the death of Prince Philip – after Downing Street urged people not to gather outside royal palaces due to the risk of Covid. Officers on horseback arrived at Buckingham Palace to control crowds of people who had gathered in their hundreds to mark … Read more
Downing Street has today asked mourners not to gather or lay flowers for Prince Philip outside royal residences due to the risk of Covid – as palace staff prematurely removed an official notice announcing his death. It comes as hundreds of tributes pile-up at palace gates, including Buckingham, Windsor and Balmoral, following the Duke of Edinburgh’s … Read more
British Airways-owner IAG to lay bare toll coronavirus took in 2020, and forecasts for its annual results are grim By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:58 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 19 February 2021 After the pandemic laid waste to holidays and business travel last spring and summer, winter breaks … Read more
A mental health worker who died from an overdose lay undiscovered for three years after he was reported missing because police failed to search his mother-in-law’s garage, an inquest has heard. Staffordshire Police launched a missing persons appeal for Gerald Frost, 61, in 2017 after he went missing from his home in the Baddeley Green … Read more
Joe Biden will lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery shortly after he takes the oath of office with former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama joining him in a show of unity. Jill Biden will also be there as will Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, … Read more
A former X-Factor contestant lay dead in her bed for days after cutting her neck before she was found, an inquest heard today. Ariel Burdett, 38, who was credited with having one of the show’s most memorable auditions when she appeared in front of judges in 2008, was found dead at her home in Leeds, West … Read more
A former X-Factor contestant lay dead in her bed for days after cutting her neck before she was found, an inquest heard today. Ariel Burdett, 38, who was credited with having one of the show’s most memorable auditions when she appeared in front of judges in 2008, was found dead at her home in Leeds, West … Read more
Good luck with that! Russians are told to lay off alcohol for nearly two months when having Covid jabs Consumer safety watchdog head Anna Popova issued the advice on Tuesday Sputnik V vaccine recipients should avoid alcohol for two weeks before jab, she said, then for 42 days after the first injection The drug’s developer … Read more