Fortnum & Mason axes sale of ‘torture in a tin’ foie gras after decades of pressure

Fortnum & Mason has axed the sale of its ‘torture in a tin’ foie gras after decades of pressure from stars including Sir Roger Moore, Joanna Lumley and Ricky Gervais. The luxury department store based in Piccadilly, London, will stop purchasing the controversial food product as part of a decision made last year.  Jars of … Read more

Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans have ‘talked lots’ in days since she accused him of ‘mental torture’

Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans have reportedly spent lots of time having ‘heated and intense talks’ in their garden over recent days. The actress, 49, revealed the couple were breaking up in a shock Twitter statement this week and accused the Welsh actor, 47, of ‘mentally torturing’ and ‘gaslighting’ her as well as claiming ‘he no longer … Read more

Sleepless HS2 protesters claim they are victims of ‘torture’ from sleep-stopping bailiffs

An activist protesting in secret tunnels below Euston Station against the HS2 high-speed rail-line accused bailiffs of torture as they worked to try and remove them. The man understood to be Lazer Sandford – real name Lachlan Blaze – is the brother of fellow tunneler Blue Sandford, 18. Others inside the burrows are Scott Breen, 47, Larch … Read more

Ben Affleck’s ex-girlfriend Ana de Armas reveals why it was ‘torture’ playing Marilyn Monroe

Ana de Armas admitted she found it a ‘big torture’ mastering Marilyn Monroe’s accent for the movie Blonde. The Cuban-born actress stars in the upcoming biopic as the late American screen legend and it took her nine months to get to grips with the correct tone of the dialogue, leaving her brain ‘fried.’ Asked if … Read more

Kate Garraway admits home schooling her two children is torture.

TV presenter Kate Garraway has admitted she’s struggling with the torture of home-schooling her two children. The star, 53, whose husband Derek Draper, who has been in hospital for ten months now after contracting coronavirus, spoke about schools being closed amid the pandemic on Good Morning Britain on Friday.  Kate, who is mother to Darcey, … Read more

Caprice claims homeschooling sons Jett and Jax is ‘TORTURE’

‘The nightmare begins…’ Caprice claims homeschooling sons Jett and Jax, 7, is ‘TORTURE’ as she admits ‘I am not the best teacher’ amid lockdown By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 09:39 GMT, 8 January 2021 | Updated: 09:39 GMT, 8 January 2021 Caprice took to Instagram to reveal she is struggling to homeschool her sons … Read more

Ghislaine Maxwell’s jail torture – or a pack of lies to get $30m bail by Christmas?

Sitting on the cold concrete cell floor, legs crossed, prisoner 02879-509 carefully balances the laptop on her knees as she sets to work reading the latest tranche of legal documents.  For up to 13 hours each day she sits, her back propped up against the steel toilet, and scrolls through an astonishing 2.5 million pages … Read more

Has SAS Australia gone too far? The remaining recruits are taken prisoner and subjected to torture

SAS Australia pulled out all the stops for the show’s heart-stopping finale on Tuesday night. One of the final terrifying challenges saw the remaining recruits kidnapped, before then having to evade their captors in the dark, and finally being tortured. The punishing challenge lasted for 12 hours, and led a rattled Molly Taylor to break … Read more

Judge rules torture claims by Al Qaeda mastermind MUST be made public as UK loses secrecy bid

Judge rules that torture claims by Al Qaeda mastermind MUST be made public as Government loses secrecy fight Rangzieb Ahmed, 45, claims the Government is complicit in torture he says he was subjected to while imprisoned in Pakistan in 2006 and 2007 Judge said it is ‘fundamental’ for public to know why UK spies dispute … Read more

French square in Emily in Paris bears its name from medieval torture method

Ow-la-la! Chic French square where Lily Collins’ character lives in TV series Emily In Paris bears its name from a medieval method of torture The main character lives in the Maison Moreau in the 5th Arrondissement  Thousands were maimed and killed in the square in years before the Revolution Place de l’Estrapade named after a … Read more