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Formula One legend Sir Jackie Stewart doesn’t count six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton among his top three greatest drivers of all time. Hamilton is well on course to equal Michael Schumacher’s record seven championships this year and is poised to overtake his race wins record of 91. But Stewart, 81, believes it is too difficult … Read more
TOM STOPPARD: A LIFE by Hermione Lee (Faber £30, 860pp) Transport yourself, in these sad days of silenced theatres, to a full-house Old Vic on the evening of April 11, 1967. It’s the opening night of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, first performed the previous summer at the Edinburgh Fringe where it had terrible reviews … Read more
Britain’s greatest living playwright Sir Tom Stoppard secretly polished scripts for 102 Dalmatians, Beethoven and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a new book has revealed. Sir Tom, 83, best known for acclaimed plays Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia, also worked behind the scenes on scripts for The Bourne Ultimatum, Star … Read more
John Watson, then a Tory MP, knew he had a bit of a battle on his hands. He was addressing his audience about the benefits of nuclear power. Not an easy case to make with so many coal miners filling the chairs in front of him. But he felt pretty confident he could persuade them … Read more
During the early afternoon of September 12, 1960, an unmarked car drove along Great Portland Street in central London and drew up outside No 159, a branch of the Midland Bank. The two men inside were from MI5, Britain’s counter-espionage service. They glanced up and down the street before they entered the five-storey building and … Read more
New Guinea has the most diverse island plant life in the world according to researchers, who found it had 20 per cent more flora than Madagascar or Borneo. Experts from the University of Zurich examined 700,000 plant specimens from the southwestern Pacific island as part of a study into its ecosystem diversity. Two-thirds of the species … Read more
Yolanda Hadid shares throwback photo with kids Gigi, Bella and Anwar Hadid: ‘My greatest accomplishment’ By Annita Katee For Dailymail.com Published: 19:35 BST, 12 July 2020 | Updated: 19:35 BST, 12 July 2020 She’s expecting her first grandchild in the coming months. And ahead of the new family member’s arrival, Yolanda Hadid is reminiscing about … Read more
A former head of the Commission for Racial Equality has urged young black men to realise the “greatest danger” to them is gangs – not the police. Trevor Phillips, 66, said yesterday British youngsters should not look to compare Britain’s problems with America. His intervention came after some protests at Black Lives Matter marches in … Read more
Despite the ongoing controversy surrounding his blackface portrayals, Chris Lilley still has loyal fans – including Married At First Sight’s Cathy Evans. The 26-year-old, an Australian of Welsh and Thai heritage who was raised in New Zealand, revealed on Thursday that a fan had recently said her humour reminded them of Jonah Takalua from the 2007 comedy series Summer Heights … Read more
President Donald Trump lashed out at social media Thursday accusing it of anti-conservative bias which he called one of the greatest threats to free speech in American history – and said he wished he could close down Twitter. He lambasted the platform as he signed an executive order in the Oval Office which is intended … Read more