This acting duo were all about intimacy when they played a couple at the Old Vic in London last year. But Claire Foy and Matt Smith are maintaining a careful distance as they return to the stage. At a rehearsal this week for a live performance being streamed from today, …...Read More
The Crown stars reunite for a play... in an empty theatre on a socially distanced stage
Don't throw it all away!
Advertisement Britain's beaches could be closed to prevent the resurgence of coronavirus, the Health Secretary warned last night. It came after the heatwave triggered a frenzied rush to the seaside which led to 'irresponsible and selfish' scenes and a major incident being declared on the South Coast. An army of …...Read More
Six foreign criminals A DAY freed onto Britain's streets instead of being deported, new figures show
Six foreign criminals a day are being released from prison on to Britain's streets instead of being deported, figures show. A total of 2,152 offenders – including killers, sex attackers, robbers and drug dealers – were freed into the community last year after finishing jail sentences. The figure is up …...Read More
MARTIN SAMUEL: Racism may not be inside Burnley FC, but it is building up all around it
Steven Smith runs a dry stone-wall business out of Cliviger in Lancashire. He once chained himself to the railings at Burnley town hall in protest at a twinning project with a location in Pakistan, and took to walking the streets in a wooden sandwich board displaying his views on immigration, …...Read More
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger can pay only a third of its rents as sales slump
Pret a Manger is struggling to pay its rent after a slump in sales during the lockdown. The sandwich shop chain has offered to pay landlords only a third of what they are owed, it emerged yesterday. With sales languishing at around a fifth of normal levels, Pret does not …...Read More
The Graduate made $100m but its creator died broke
There are plenty of people who, in their youth, rail against the system, buck convention and convince themselves they can live a life of artistic purity without material possessions. Happily for all, the phase is usually short-lived. But for Charles Webb, the author of The Graduate who died last week …...Read More
Prankster who is famous for his literal Photoshopping shares his latest hilarious photos
Advertisement A graphic designer who has become famous for his very literal interpretations of people's Photoshop requests is continuing to keep the internet entertained by releasing another round of hilarious picture edits. James Fridman, who was born in the UK but now resides in the US, has been leaving social …...Read More
Viewers of the The School That Tried To End Racism left in tears as 11-year-old boy breaks down
Viewers of The School that Tried to End Racism were left in tears after an 11-year-old boy broke down and fled the classroom as he tried to talk about white privilege with his classmates. Pupils in Year 7 at Glenthorne High School in South London were separated into 'affinity groups' …...Read More
Lifelong struggle of being a lovechild: one woman recalls making discovery that nearly destroyed her
Lunch together was my mother’s idea. I was 18 and had returned home briefly between trips to Israel and America on a gap year before university. How lovely, I thought. Perhaps this was a chance for us to get to know one another better, because although she hadn’t been a …...Read More
Take That's Howard Donald goes on bizarre anti-facemask rant on Twitter
Take That's Howard Donald today shared his controversial anti-vaccination views before criticising people for wearing designer face masks as if they were 'the new sunglasses'. Taking to Twitter to share the bizarre string of tweets the 52-year-old singer-songwriter said he believes 'vaccines are questionable'. He then went on to suggest …...Read More
