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Prince Charles pays tribute after university lecturer who taught him Welsh dies aged 89

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Prince Charles has paid tribute after a university lecturer who taught him Welsh language lessons died aged 89.  Staunch nationalist and republican Dr Tedi Millward taught the Prince of Wales ahead of his investiture in 1969, despite being arrested at a Welsh language protest in 1963.  Heir to the throne Charles said: ‘I am deeply … Read more

Alicia Keys says her mother Terria taught empathy amid upbringing in gritty NYC in her new book

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 Alicia Keys was in an Empire State of Mind long before her hit single with Jay-Z. The 39-year-old singer took to Instagram on Monday with a clip of herself and her mother Terria Joseph, 69, narrating a passage from her new book More Myself: A Journey, and explaining on the upbringing she had in gritty … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON on his bird flu and what the coronavirus crisis has taught us about the food we eat 

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We don’t know how this will end, but we have a good idea of how it started.  The coronavirus sweeping the world can be traced back to a food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new strain first transferred from wildlife to humans. The idea of cross-species infection scares us because it … Read more

Syrian girl who was taught to LAUGH at bombs has managed to escape to Turkey

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A three-year-old Syrian girl whose father taught her to laugh whenever she hears a bomb fall has safely reached Turkey.  Salwa was living in Sarmada, a province in the war-ravaged city of Idlib with her parents when her story touched the hearts of thousands on social media after her father posted a video of the … Read more

Cheryl is taught the ‘Sweetie Dance’ by Lily and Joseph during The Greatest Dancer final rehearsals

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The Greatest Dancer final is just days away.  But, Lily and Joseph took a break from rehearsing to teach dance captain Cheryl, 36, the ‘Sweetie Dance’ – a booty popping move which she performed aggressively alongside the extremely excitable youngsters for her Instagram followers. The former Girls Aloud singer looked terrified by Lily Straughan, 11, … Read more

Elettra Wiedemann Rossellini: What my famous family really taught me

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Her mum is Isabella Rossellini, her grandma was Ingrid Bergman, so Elettra Wiedemann Rossellini was born to be an icon. But a more down-to-earth life beckoned. She tells Hattie Crisell why she’s swapped the catwalk for the chicken run on her family farm  Left: Elettra modelling the new Weekend Max Mara On Set collection. Right: … Read more

Ski hell taught me not to cut corners on insurance, says LUCY WHITE

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Back on the slopes: Lucy White had taken out travel insurance before her accident in 2018, but it was still a hard fight to get a payout Lying immobilised on my back in a French ski resort trauma centre, after a nasty fall in which I’d broken two vertebrae, I was relieved to find out … Read more