Written in 1996 by Jon Krakauer, Into The Wild told a version of 24-year-old Chris McCandless’ story. In 1990 the adventurer graduated, gave his $24,500 college fund to Oxfam, cut communication with his parents and began a journey of thousands of miles across Western US. Krakauer used a mixture of photographs and extracts from McCandless’ journal … Read more
A Conservative former universities minister has blamed ‘culture wars’ for the decision to remove a statue of slave-trader Cecil Rhodes outside Oxford University and says ‘equal educational chances’ are more important. Chris Skidmore, 39, tweeted that the debate over the statue is distracting from the issue of universities being hit with a financial crisis amid … Read more
A Conservative ex-universities minister has criticised ‘culture wars’ for being behind the decision to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes outside Oxford University and says ‘equal educational chances’ are more important. Chris Skidmore, 39, tweeted that the debate over the statue is distracting from the issue of universities being hit with a financial crisis amid … Read more
Siesta Key star Alex Kompothecras is removed from the show after allegedly racist social media comments surface The premiere was supposed to be two hours long but was changed to one hour That is because producers had to cut out cast member Kompothecras The star was fired from the show due to alleged racist social … Read more
A 50-year-old statue of Captain Cook is under threat after activists petitioned for it to be torn down over his links to ‘colonialism and genocide’. The statue in Cairns has attracted controversy over the British Royal Navy captain’s treatment of Aboriginal people when his ship landed in Australia. The petition claims the statue is a … Read more
A 50-year-old statue of Captain Cook is under threat after activists petitioned for it to be torn down over his links to ‘colonialism and genocide’. The statue in Cairns has attracted controversy over the British Royal Navy captain’s treatment of Aboriginal people when his ship landed in Australia. The petition claims the statue is a … Read more
Born in Cheltenham in 1892, Sir Arthur Harris emigrated to Rhodesia, modern day Zambia and Zimbabwe, at the age of 17, returning to England at the outbreak of the First World War to serve his country. He joined the Royal Flying Corps and in 1918, when it was created, he joined the RAF. By the … Read more
Born in Cheltenham in 1892, Sir Arthur Harris emigrated to Rhodesia, modern day Zambia and Zimbabwe, at the age of 17, returning to England at the outbreak of the First World War to serve his country. He joined the Royal Flying Corps and in 1918, when it was created, he joined the RAF. By the … Read more
Media personality Deborah Hutton has revealed that she’s recovering well after having had surgery to remove two skin cancers from her face. On Thursday, the 58-year-old bravely posted a selfie of herself on Instagram showing her scars on her chin and cheek. Deborah said that she is ‘healing well’ and urged her followers to get … Read more
Labour peer Baroness Amos who will be first black head of Oxford College demands statue of ‘white supremacist’ Cecil Rhodes is removed – as university’s vice-chancellor refuses to comment but says ‘we must confront our past’ Baroness spoke after a large demonstration was held outside Oriel College She says that there is no excuse to … Read more