Tesla’s actual creators hit out at Elon Musk and describe the eccentric billionaire as ‘complicated’

The creators of Tesla appeared to hit out at Elon Musk in a newly revealed interview, slamming claims he’s the founder of the electronic vehicle giant, when he was actually originally just an early investor. True founders Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, who set up Tesla in 2003, made the comments in an CNBC interview … Read more

Owners of ‘magical’ Oxfordshire mansion to sell off £2million eccentric art collection

Looking to stave off lockdown boredom with a little online shopping? This week sees one of the UK’s most eclectic art collections going on sale in a live virtual auction – and you could pick up a 65-million-year-old dinosaur skull, a floating giraffe named Gerard, or an antler chair that has housed the derriere of Liam … Read more

Dr. Harold Bornstein, Trump’s eccentric former personal physician, dies at 73

Dr. Harold N. Bornstein, Donald Trump’s former physician who once declared him to be ‘the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency’ only to later claim he was coerced into making the claim, died on Friday, it has been revealed. Bornstein, the Manhattan-based doctor, was 73 years of age at the time of his death, … Read more

Apple Electronics: Inside the Beatles’ eccentric technology subsidiary

Say the word Apple today and we think of Steve Jobs’ multi-billion-dollar technology company that spawned the iPhone and the Mac computer. But a decade before the California-based firm was even founded, Apple Electronics, a subsidiary of the Beatles’ record label Apple, was working on several pioneering inventions – some of which were precursors of … Read more

Katy Perry croons in an eccentric Xmas tree costume for Disney Holiday Sing-along: ‘lil TREE(T)’

The always eccentric Katy Perry is bestowing an early Christmas ‘TREE(T)’ on her fans.  The 36-year-old singer released a soulful rendition of I’ll Be Home For Christmas mixed with her song Cozy Little Christmas on Instagram with a playful video twist.  Dressed up like a Christmas tree in honor of the Disney Holiday Sing-along, the … Read more

Eccentric Sir Alex Allan, who quit over Priti Patel bullying inquiry

Standards tsar with a taste for a stunt: How Sir Alex Allan – who quit following the Priti Patel bullying inquiry – once windsurfed down the Thames to Parliament in a pinstripe suit and bowler hat to get around a train strike Latest Priti Patel row is not the first time Sir Alex Allan has … Read more

Tales of gloriously eccentric British pensioners

BOOK OF THE WEEK THE GRAN TOUR    by Ben Aitken (Icon £14.99, 306 pp) When Ben Aitken discovers that for £109 he can get a four-night coach trip to Scarborough, with a cooked breakfast every morning, three-course dinner every night and excursions to York and Whitby, his first thought is: ‘That’s how much my sister … Read more

Eccentric billionaire’s palace worth $64m burns to ground in Thailand

Eccentric billionaire’s $64m palace burns to the ground in Thailand after he built it as a tourist attraction in 2000 Panya Choititawan owns one of Thailand’s largest agricultural export businesses Flames ripped through the sprawling palace this morning after an ‘explosion’ The inferno has caused an estimated $13million worth of damage to the palace By … Read more

BRIAN VINER: It’s a kind of magic as Michael Caine’s eccentric furball will delight children

Four Kids And It (PG, Sky Cinema) Verdict: Forced whimsy Rating: Elephant (PG, Disney +) Verdict: One shade of grey Rating: A new film that families can enjoy together is a precious commodity at the moment, rather like a bumper pack of loo rolls. Moreover, Four Kids And It (on Sky Cinema) combines the storytelling … Read more

How the eccentric who uncovered huge Anglo Saxon treasure trove was robbed of glory by snobbery 

Basil Brown, pictured – who unearthed a Saxon longboat and a hoard of treasure on land at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, but never enjoyed the wealth or fame he truly deserved – will finally have his story told in a major new Netflix film, The Dig Basil Brown did not look a lot like an archaeologist … Read more