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Jared Leto had NO IDEA about the coronavirus pandemic after spending 12 days in the desert with no phone: ‘A very different world’ By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 07:21 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 07:21 GMT, 17 March 2020 He nearly died earlier this month after his safety rope almost snapped while he … Read more
Painful moment man discovers that shooting an aerosol can at close range with a semi-automatic rifle is a REALLY bad idea Kristofer was caught on camera shooting the aerosol can in Rio Medina, Texas Shoots can with an AK-308 rifle and it immediately explodes into his forehead Blood starts pouring from his face while his … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK EILEEN: THE MAKING OF GEORGE ORWELL by Sylvia Topp (Unbound £20, 560 pp) Back in 1934, a poem appeared in the Sunderland Church High School magazine, written by one of its alumnae, Eileen Maud O’Shaugnessy. Its title? End Of The Century, 1984. The poem foresaw a bleak near-future in which scholars, … Read more
Workers typically undertake a five-year journey to retirement during their mid-60s, research reveals. Pension freedom reforms give older people greater control over when they retire, and on average they begin to tap their savings at 62 and stop work at 64, figures show. That means they must use private savings during the gap before starting … Read more
Upsize, downsize: Would swapping your home be a good idea – and what are the pitfalls? The This is Money podcast By This Is Money Published: 15:46 BST, 14 June 2019 | Updated: 11:24 BST, 17 June 2019 Much is made of the difficulties faced by first-time buyers to get onto the property ladder, but … Read more