New book Eat The Buddha by Barbara Demick tells the tragic story of the people of Tibet

POLITICS EAT THE BUDDHA  by Barbara Demick (Granta, £18.99, 272pp) The very word ‘Tibet’ has romantic, resonance.  The ‘Roof of the World’ conjures the vast snowy wastes of the High Himalayan plateau, populated by yaks, nomadic herders, yetis and Buddhist lamas in russet robes, capable of levitation and clairvoyance. Alas, there is a very different … Read more

Donald Trump calls on forest management for fires Gavin Newsom tells him climate change is real 

President Donald Trump pushed for aggressive forest management to combat the wildfires on the West Coast Monday but California Gov. Gavin Newsom told him climate change is real and behind the destructive blazes. ‘There has to be good strong forest management. So hopefully they’ll start doing that,’ Trump said when he landed in Sacramento. He … Read more

Donald Trump calls on forest management for fires Gavin Newsom tells him climate change is real 

President Donald Trump pushed for aggressive forest management to combat the wildfires on the West Coast Monday but California Gov. Gavin Newsom told him climate change is real and behind the destructive blazes. ‘There has to be good strong forest management. So hopefully they’ll start doing that,’ Trump said when he landed in Sacramento. He … Read more

Dr Alex George tells of the ‘tremendous guilt’ he felt after the tragic death of his brother

‘The world came down on my shoulders’: Dr Alex George tells of the ‘tremendous guilt’ he felt after the tragic death of his brother and says it was ‘the toughest time imaginable’ By Emily Webber For Mailonline Published: 10:47 BST, 14 September 2020 | Updated: 11:11 BST, 14 September 2020 Dr Alex George has told … Read more

Viewers heap praise on Captain Tom Moore as he tells his Life Story to Piers Morgan

Supportive viewers have heaped praise on ‘hero’ Captain Tom Moore after the 100 year-old fundraiser appeared on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories. Captain Tom – who raised £32million for NHS Charities Together – opened up to the Good Morning Britain host, 55, for the new series of the ITV chat show tonight. And eager watchers quickly took to Twitter … Read more

Viewers heap praise on Captain Tom Moore as he tells his Life Story to Piers Morgan

Supportive viewers have heaped praise on ‘hero’ Captain Tom Moore after the 100 year-old fundraiser appeared on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories. Captain Tom – who raised £32million for NHS Charities Together – opened up to the Good Morning Britain host, 55, for the new series of the ITV chat show tonight. And eager watchers quickly took to Twitter … Read more

Boris Johnson tells Cabinet ministers to ‘get a grip or go’

Boris Johnson tells Cabinet ministers to ‘get a grip or go’ as he plots reshuffle after the Spending Review Number 10 is planning to ditch under performing ministers in a reshuffle  The likes of Gavin Williamson and Liz Truss are both seen as vulnerable  Sources claim ministers who are seen as competent will keep their … Read more

Icelandic beauty queen tells all about THAT night with England stars Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood

An Icelandic beauty queen has revealed how she got ‘heated’ with England football star Mason Greenwood after he polished off a bag of jelly babies – as a new video has emerged of the Manchester United striker inhaling hippy crack. Nadia Gunnsarsdottir, 20, said the pair met a day after the 18-year-old made his England … Read more

Trump tells huge Michigan crowd that Melania thought Biden looked ‘sad’ when she watched him on TV

President Donald Trump told a large Michigan crowd Thursday night that First Lady Melania Trump thought Joe Biden looked ‘sad’ when she watched him during a Democratic debate before claiming that ‘far-left lunatics’ will run the government if the former vice president wins the November election and that the murder rate in Chicago and Baltimore … Read more